CVE-2017-7175 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting NfSen versions prior to 1.3.8, including AlienVault OSSIM 4.3.1. It allows authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the "Custom output format" field (customfmt parameter). With a CVSS score of 9.9, this vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.9 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.