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ghsa-hx3v-mmq4-4qmx

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-14 02:45

Modified

2025-04-20 03:34

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The logcheck function in session.inc in AlienVault OSSIM before 5.3.1, when an action has been created, and USM before 5.3.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and consequently obtain sensitive information, modify the application, or execute arbitrary code as root via an "AV Report Scheduler" HTTP User-Agent header.

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CVE-2016-7955 (GCVE-0-2016-7955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-03-15 16:00

Modified

2024-08-06 02:13

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

References

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	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540224/100/0/threaded	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-517/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7765/alienvault-v5-3-1-hotfix	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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