AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context via an

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• alienvault ossimup to 5.3.6 inclusive
• alienvault unified security managementup to 5.3.6 inclusive
• nfsen nfsenup to 1.3.7 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2017-6972AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl co
  43Plan
• CVE-2016-7955The 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 a
  41Plan
• CVE-2017-6971AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged
  40Plan
• CVE-2009-3439Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) before 2.1.2 allow remote authenticated users
  26Monitor
• CVE-2009-3441Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and read graphs or infras
  21Monitor
• CVE-2009-3440Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to inje
  17Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const host = req.body.host;2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

1const host = req.body.host;2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.