Detections
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CVE-2017-6970

high

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305/

https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698

https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/

https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-22

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00444