{"id":"CVE-2017-6970","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6970","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:56.868Z","title":"AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context via an NfSen socket, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104863.","description":"AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context via an NfSen socket, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104863.","published":"2017-03-22T14:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["alienvault/ossim","alienvault/unified security management","nfsen/nfsen"],"epss":{"score":0.01678,"percentile":0.76782,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2017-07-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42305,"kind":"exploit","title":"NfSen < 1.3.7 / AlienVault OSSIM < 5.3.6 - Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/42305.txt","file":"exploits/linux/local/42305.txt","published":"2017-07-10","added":"2017-07-10","updated":"2017-07-10","author":"Paul Taylor","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2017-6970"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comnfsen-1.3.7.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6970","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}