CVE-2017-6972
critical · 9.8AlienVault 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.
9.8
CVSS
14.6%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2017-03-22
Published
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-273
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| alienvault | ossim | <= 5.3.6 |
| alienvault | unified_security_management | <= 5.3.6 |
| nfsen | nfsen | <= 1.3.7 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
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/
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2017-6972