CVE-2017-14380: High severity dell emc isilon onefs vulnerability

Published Dec 13, 2017

Updated

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 isigetitrace or isigetprofile 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.

Affected Software

26 affected components

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.1.1.0

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.1.1.1

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.1.1.2

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.1.1.3

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.1.1.4

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.1.1.5

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.0.0

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.0.1

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.0.2

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.0.3

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.0.4

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.0.5

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.1.0

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.1.1

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.1.2

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.1.3

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.1.4

EMC Isilon OneFS=7.2.1.5

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.0.0.0

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.0.0.1

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.0.0.2

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.0.0.3

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.0.0.4

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.0.1.0

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.0.1.1

EMC Isilon OneFS=8.1.0.0

Event History

Dec 13, 2017

CVE Published

via MITRE·08:00 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·08:00 PM

DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2017-14380?

CVE-2017-14380 is a vulnerability in EMC Isilon OneFS that allows a malicious compliance admin account user to run any shell script as the system root on a cluster.

What versions of EMC Isilon OneFS are affected by CVE-2017-14380?

EMC Isilon OneFS versions 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 are affected by CVE-2017-14380.

What is the severity of CVE-2017-14380?

The severity of CVE-2017-14380 is high, with a CVSS score of 6.7.

How can a malicious compliance admin account user exploit CVE-2017-14380?

A malicious compliance admin account user can exploit CVE-2017-14380 by using the isi_get_itrace or isi_get_profile maintenance scripts to run any shell script as the system root on a cluster.

Are there any references for CVE-2017-14380?

Yes, you can find references for CVE-2017-14380 at the following links: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/41 and http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102210.