What is CVE-2016-9867?

CVE-2016-9867 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Scaleio, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-9867?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in EMC Scaleio

CVE-2016-9867

An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO versions before 2.0.1.1. A low-privileged local attacker may be able to modify the kernel memory in the SCINI driver and may achieve code execution to escalate privileges to root on ScaleIO Data Client (SDC) servers.

Published 2017-01-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Scaleio
EMC Scaleio Versions Before 2.0.1.1 — versions EMC ScaleIO versions before 2.0.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95300 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539983/30/0/threaded (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9867?: CVE-2016-9867 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Scaleio, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-9867?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.