CVE-2017-6970 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting AlienVault USM and OSSIM before version 5.3.7, and NfSen before 1.3.8. It allows local users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context by manipulating an NfSen socket. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not observed in active exploitation (not in KEV), public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:ossim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.