Is CVE-2017-6972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-6972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-6972?

CVE-2017-6972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-6972?

CVE-2017-6972 has an EPSS score of 14.60% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2017-6972?

No published fix for CVE-2017-6972 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-6972

CRITICALEPSS 96th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-273

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

14.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

alienvault.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

exploit-db.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-273 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-2921	Critical	9.8	83%	-	-
CVE-2024-38813	High	7.5	17%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0278	High	10.0	3.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-18276	High	7.8	2.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-36372	Critical	9.8	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-24361	Critical	9.8	2.0%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.