CVE-2017-6970 Command injection in n/a
Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via the NfSen socket in AlienVault USM and OSSIM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6970?
CVE-2017-6970 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6970?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Alienvault Ossim, Alienvault Unified Security Management, Nfsen Nfsen.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6970?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2017-6970 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-6970 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cqp4-63c9-vpm9.