{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-6972 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2017-6972 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-6972 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-6972 exists.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-6972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6972/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-6972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-984w-gcj2-gr36"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"AlienVault USM/OSSIM","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute NfSen Perl code with root privileges due to improper privilege dropping in AlienVault USM, OSSIM, and NfSen.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"ossim","vendor":"alienvault"},{"product":"unified_security_management","vendor":"alienvault"},{"product":"nfsen","vendor":"nfsen"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-273","name":"Improper Check for Dropped Privileges"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2017-07-11","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2017-07-11","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"42314","stars":null,"title":"NfSen \u003c 1.3.7 / AlienVault OSSIM 4.3.1 - 'customfmt' Command Injection"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-6972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"MantisBT XSS via adm_config_report.php's action parameter","id":"CVE-2017-6973"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-6971"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-03-22","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7955","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-6971","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-22"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-6970","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-22"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"SQL injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-3439","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-09-28"},{"cvss_score":5,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-3441","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-09-28"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-3440","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-09-28"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute NfSen Perl code with root privileges due to improper privilege dropping in AlienVault USM, OSSIM, and NfSen.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6972/"}