CVE-2017-6970
AlienVault USM and OSSIM Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 22, 2017, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.5
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2017-6970
vulnerability.
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products
that
are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2017-6970.
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CVE-2017-6970 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-6970 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ Added Reference https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/ Added Reference https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-78 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 12, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42305/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 28, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-284 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:ossim:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 23, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.5 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. NOTE: the AlienVault vendor statement of affected versions is disputed by another party. 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. Added Reference https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-6970 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-6970
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.18 }} 0.00%
score
0.53261
percentile