Vulnerability in Alienvault Ossim
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…
EPSS: 0.191 (95.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Alienvault Ossim
- Alienvault Unified_security_management
- Nfsen
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6972?
- CVE-2017-6972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Alienvault Ossim, classified under Improper Check for Dropped Privileges. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6972?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.