CVE-2017-6970

mediumpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.68% (77th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–8.4

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.08.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.5 · impact 5.9

v3.07.9highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-42305NfSen < 1.3.7 / AlienVault OSSIM < 5.3.6 - Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
alienvault ossim≤ 5.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:alienvault:ossim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alienvault unified security management≤ 5.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nfsen nfsen≤ 1.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-03-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (12)

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