cve/2017/CVE-2017-6971.md

### [CVE-2017-6971](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6971)
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### Description

AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context, or launch a reverse shell, via vectors involving the PHP session ID and the NfSen PHP code, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104862.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/KeyStrOke95/nfsen_1.3.7_CVE-2017-6971
- https://github.com/patrickfreed/nfsen-exploit