01 Record

CVE-2017-6970

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 76.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-03-22 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:49Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

aafef388b4b97414e6519c949b46a460631670573fb2f750bab6b6155077c848

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

alienvaultossimNot specified—

alienvaultunified_security_managementNot specified—

nfsennfsenNot specified—

06 References

sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.alienvault.comhttps://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.exploit-db.com42305https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
www.alienvault.comhttps://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698x_refsource_CONFIRM