CVE•Published 2017-03-22•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-6972Alienvault · Ossim
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
—
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-22
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-6972Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Alienvault Ossim"All exposed Alienvault Ossim instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ossim"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ossim" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-6972Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-6972Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-6972Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-6972GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-6972" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.