CVE-2017-6972

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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698	Vendor Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:ossim::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-03-22 13:59

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-6972

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6972

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-273

Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

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Products Affected

nfsen

nfsen

alienvault

unified_security_management
ossim

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