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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2014-4153

High
7.8/10

Summary

The av-centerd SOAP service in AlienVault OSSIM before 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted get_file request.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published