CVE-2016-7955: 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…

PriorityP355critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

6.41%

92.8th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
alienvault	ossim	<= 5.3	—
alienvault	unified_security_management	<= 5.3	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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