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HistoryJun 11, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

AlienVault OSSIM av-centerd Util.pm update_system/upgrade_pro_web Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2014-06-1100:00:00
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www.zerodayinitiative.com
16

0.605 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.8%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of AlienVault Ossim. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the av-centerd SOAP service. The issue lies in the handling of the update_system/upgrade_pro_web requests due to a failure to safely sanitize user data before executing a command. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code with root privileges.