CVE-2017-6972
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 14.60% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 July 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-273
- Affected
- alienvault/ossim · alienvault/unified security management · nfsen/nfsen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 10.7% on 21 September 2026 to 14.6% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.