ESA-2016-166: EMC Isilon OneFS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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ESA-2016-166: EMC Isilon OneFS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 

EMC Identifier: ESA-2016-166 

CVE Identifier: CVE-2016-9871

Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.2 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products:   
?       EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.1.0 - 7.2.1.3
?       EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.0.x
?       EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.1.0 - 7.1.1.10
?       EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.0.x

Summary:  
EMC Isilon OneFS is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could 
potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected system.

Details:  
A malicious user who has both ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI and ISI_PRIV_SYS_SUPPORT 
privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain root-level 
privileges.  

Resolution: 
The following versions of EMC Isilon OneFS resolve this vulnerability:
?       EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.1.4
?       EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.1.11
EMC recommends that all customers upgrade to a version containing the 
resolution at the earliest opportunity. 
Link to remedies:

Registered EMC Online Support customers can download OneFS installation files 
from the Downloads for Isilon OneFS page of the EMC Online Support site at 
https://support.emc.com/downloads/15209_Isilon-OneFS. 
If you have any questions, please contact EMC Support.


Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in 
avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If 
you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software 
Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867.

For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to EMC Knowledgebase solution 
emc218831. EMC recommends all customers take into account both the base score 
and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the 
potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.

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