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.
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ - Third Party Advisory () https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 - Vendor Advisory () https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/ - () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/ -

Information

Published : 2017-03-22 20:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:30


NVD link : CVE-2017-6972

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6972

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6972


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Products Affected

alienvault

  • unified_security_management
  • ossim

nfsen

  • nfsen
CWE
CWE-273

Improper Check for Dropped Privileges