CVE-2017-6972

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: March 22, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl code as root, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

14.6%

96th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-273

Affected Vendors

nfsen alienvault

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