#VU10590 Privilege escalation in EMC Isilon OneFS - CVE-2018-1203

 

#VU10590 Privilege escalation in EMC Isilon OneFS - CVE-2018-1203

Published: February 15, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10590
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
EMC Isilon OneFS
Software vendor:
Dell

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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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