CVE-2017-6972 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 14.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 14.6% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-273 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-03-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| alienvault | ossim |
| alienvault | unified security management |
| nfsen | nfsen |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | NfSen < 1.3.7 / AlienVault OSSIM 4.3.1 - 'customfmt' Command Injection | 2017-07-11 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
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