What is CVE-2017-8021?

CVE-2017-8021 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell Elastic Cloud Storage, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-8021?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Dell Elastic Cloud Storage

CVE-2017-8021

EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) before 3.1 is affected by an undocumented account vulnerability that could potentially be leveraged by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Published 2017-10-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Elastic Cloud Storage
EMC Elastic Cloud Storage All Versions Prior To 3.1 — versions EMC Elastic Cloud Storage all versions prior to 3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/74 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101018 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8021?: CVE-2017-8021 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell Elastic Cloud Storage, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-8021?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.