Privilege escalation in EMC Isilon OneFS - CVE-2018-1203
Published: February 15, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10590
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1203
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
EMC Isilon OneFS
EMC Isilon OneFS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to incorrect sudo permissions. A local attacker can instruct tcpdump to run shell commands when rotating capture files and gain root privileges.
The weakness exists due to incorrect sudo permissions. A local attacker can instruct tcpdump to run shell commands when rotating capture files and gain root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1203
Install update from vendor's website.