CVE-2017-6971 (GCVE-0-2017-6971)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-22 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:49
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context, or launch a reverse shell, via vectors involving the PHP session ID and the NfSen PHP code, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104862.
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