Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.451
EPSS Ranking 97.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 10.0
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/
Products affected by CVE-2017-6972
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cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:ossim:*
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cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:4.14
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cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:5.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:5.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:-
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cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:1.3.7