Advisory Details

February 23rd, 2015

AlienVault Unified Security Management cloneid SQL Injection and Scanner Binary Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE	7.9, AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	AlienVault
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Unified Security Management
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of AlienVault Unified Security Management. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaws exist within the cloneid request parameter and Scanner Binary fields. An attacker can leverage these vulnerabilities to read files and achieve remote code execution under the context of the root user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	AlienVault has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/2306/security-advisory-all-alienvault-versions-prior-to-4-4-1
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-03-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-02-23 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Brandon Perry

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