Vulnerability in Alienvault Ossim
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 authentication and consequently obtain sensitive information, modify the applica…
EPSS: 0.065 (91.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Alienvault Ossim
- Alienvault Unified_security_management
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-7955?
- CVE-2016-7955 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alienvault Ossim, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-15.
- How severe is CVE-2016-7955?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-7955 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.