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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.7

CVE-2018-1203 json

In Dell EMC Isilon OneFS, the compadmin is able to run tcpdump binary with root privileges.

published 2018-03-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11837

cvss
6.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

In Dell EMC Isilon OneFS, the compadmin is able to run tcpdump binary with root privileges. In versions between 8.1.0.0 - 8.1.0.1, 8.0.1.0 - 8.0.1.2, and 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.6, the tcpdump binary, being run with sudo, may potentially be used by compadmin to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-44039)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44039 Dell EMC Isilon OneFS - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2018-02-14
  • coresecurity.com https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/dell-emc-isilon-onefs-multiple-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Dell EMC Isilon OneFS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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