Advisory Details

November 10th, 2015

AlienVault Unified Security Management Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE	6.9, AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	AlienVault
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Unified Security Management
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges to root on vulnerable installations of AlienVault Unified Security Management. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of the server and database. A local attacker in the alienvault group can read the database password and schedule, as root, a custom report that can include shell commands. This vulnerability can be leveraged by a local attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	AlienVault has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/5127/
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-06-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-11-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	agix

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