The av-centerd SOAP service in AlienVault OSSIM before 4.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) update…

published 2014-06-13 12y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-3742

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 72.4%; EPSS 72.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits: 3; Metasploit and Exploit-DB

The av-centerd SOAP service in AlienVault OSSIM before 4.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) update_system_info_debian_package, (2) ossec_task, (3) set_ossim_setup admin_ip, (4) sync_rserver, or (5) set_ossim_setup framework_ip request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3805.

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Timeline

2014-05-05 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/ids/alienvault_centerd_soap_exec)
2014-06-13 Published

Exploit prediction

72.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/linux/ids/alienvault_centerd_soap_exec AlienVault OSSIM av-centerd Command Injection metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-05-05
EDB-42708 Alienvault OSSIM av-centerd - Util.pm sync_rserver Command Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2017-09-13
EDB-33865 Alienvault Open Source SIEM (OSSIM) - av-centerd Command Injection (Metasploit) remote, 2014-06-24

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-3804
NVD CVE-2014-3804

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