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…

PriorityP348high8.4CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

1.68%

74.0th percentile

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

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
alienvault	ossim	<= 5.3.6	—
alienvault	unified_security_management	<= 5.3.6	—
nfsen	nfsen	<= 1.3.7	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.4HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVEs like this are exactly what “Exploited This Week” covers.

Every Monday: what got weaponized or added to CISA KEV in the last seven days — each CVE cross-linked to its PoC, Nuclei template, and detection rule. Free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.