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CVE-2016-8582

CRITICAL

A vulnerability exists in gauge.php of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary SQL query and retrieve database information or read local system files via MySQL's LOAD_FILE.

Published: Oct 28, 2016 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-89

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (2)

Vendor Product Version
alienvault open_source_security_information_and_event_management *
alienvault unified_security_management *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-pv32-m85p-f6rw

A vulnerability exists in gauge.php of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 57.43%

Top 1% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 56.4 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub