CVE-2017-6970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context via an NfSen socket, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104863.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00599.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Alienvault	Ossim Unified Security Management
Nfsen	Nfsen

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:ossim::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16008	AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context via an NfSen socket, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104863.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-22T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.827Z

Reserved: 2017-03-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-6970

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-22T14:59:00.397

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6970

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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