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

February 23rd, 2015
ZDI-14-426 ZDI-CAN-2049

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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