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CVE-2017-6970
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2017-03-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-78
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.
Affected products
- Alienvault Ossim: through 5.3.6
- Alienvault Unified Security Management: through 5.3.6
- Nfsen: through 1.3.7
References
- 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/
- 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/
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