Alienvault USM/OSSIM up to 5.3.6 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alienvault USM and OSSIM up to 5.3.6. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-6972. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Alienvault USM and OSSIM up to 5.3.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 has unknown impact and attack vectors, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945. This is different from CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971, and less directly relevant. (Additional details are expected to be released in a new public reference.)

The bug was discovered 01/24/2017. The weakness was presented 03/22/2017 by Paul (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6972 since 03/17/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Paul Taylor and been published 4 months after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 57 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 5.3.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (42314) and SecurityFocus (BID 97016†). See VDB-98368, VDB-98369 and VDB-103398 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Paul Taylor
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: USM/OSSIM 5.3.7

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01/24/2017 🔍
03/17/2017 +52 days 🔍
03/22/2017 +5 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Researcher: Paul
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6972 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98383
SecurityFocus: 97016 - NfSen CVE-2017-6972 Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2017 07:57
Updated: 01/10/2025 10:27
Changes: 03/23/2017 07:57 (72), 10/25/2019 20:43 (2), 01/10/2025 10:27 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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