VulnerabilityModified
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 14.6%
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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 · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-273
- Affected
- alienvault/ossim · alienvault/unified security management · nfsen/nfsen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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. Refreshed daily.