Advisory Details

June 13th, 2014

AlienVault OSSIM av-centerd Util.pm get_file Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-4153
CVSS SCORE	7.8, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	AlienVault
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	OSSIM
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information 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 within the improper handling of a parameter in get_file requests. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to read arbitrary files from the underlying OS with root privileges.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	AlienVault has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://forums.alienvault.com/discussion/2806
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-04-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-06-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	HP Zero Day Initiative

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