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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-6972 · published 22 March 2017

CVE-2017-6972: Alienvault ossim vulnerability

Alienvault · Ossim

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 15% · top 3.5% CWE-273 · CWE-273
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 10.0
15%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-6972), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.