CVE-2014-4153

high

Published 2014-06-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42695 remote linux

James Fitts · 2014-06-13

Alienvault Open Source SIEM (OSSIM) < 4.8.0 - 'get_file' Information Disclosure (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
alienvault	open_source_security_information_management	`{"endIncluding":"4.7.0"}`
alienvault	open_source_security_information_management	`4.0`
alienvault	open_source_security_information_management	`4.3.3`
alienvault	open_source_security_information_management	`4.4`
alienvault	open_source_security_information_management	`4.5`
alienvault	open_source_security_information_management	`4.6`
alienvault	open_source_security_information_management	`4.6.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.