CVE-2017-6972

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 45.10% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory alienvault.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/ exploit
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6972?
CVE-2017-6972 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-6972?
To fix CVE-2017-6972, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-6972 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-6972 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~45% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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