Privilege escalation in EMC Isilon Onefs

CVE-2017-14380

In EMC Isilon OneFS 8.1.0.0, 8.0.1.0 - 8.0.1.1, 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.4, 7.2.1.0 - 7.2.1.5, 7.2.0.x, and 7.1.1.x, a malicious compliance admin (compadmin) account user could exploit a vulnerability in isi_get_itrace or isi_get_profile maintenance scripts to run any shell script as system root on a cluster in compliance mode. This could potentially lead to an elevation of privilege for the compadmin user and violate compliance mode.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-14380: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

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

Affected products

  • EMC Isilon Onefs — versions 7.1.1.0, 7.1.1.1, 7.1.1.2
  • EMC Isilon Onefs 8.1.0.0, 8.0.1.0 8.0.1.1, 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.4, 7.2.1.0 7.2.1.5, 7.2.0.x, 7.1.1.x — versions EMC Isilon OneFS 8.1.0.0, 8.0.1.0 8.0.1.1, 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.4, 7.2.1.0 - 7.2.1.5, 7.2.0.x, 7.1.1.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14380?
CVE-2017-14380 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Isilon Onefs, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2017-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-14380?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14380 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.