CVE-2016-8582

critical
Published 2016-10-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7766/security-advisory-alienvault-5-3-2-address-70-vulnerabilities

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
alienvaultopen_source_security_information_and_event_management{"endIncluding":"5.3.1"}
alienvaultunified_security_management{"endIncluding":"5.3.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-89

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