# CVE-2015-6848: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote authenticated Active Directory users can escalate to root privileges in EMC Isilon OneFS when RFC 2307 is configured without universal SFU.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wjmq-cvwc-vrvq

## What is CVE-2015-6848?

CVE-2015-6848 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Nov 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.x before 7.1.1.5, 7.2.0.x before 7.2.0.3, and 7.2.1.x before 7.2.1.1, when the RFC 2307 feature is configured but SFU is not universally present, allows remote authenticated AD users to obtain root privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6848?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emc Isilon Onefs.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-6848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-6848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-4525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4525/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-4545](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4545/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2018-11071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11071/): DSA-2018-147: Dell EMC Isilon OneFS and IsilonSD Edge Remote Process Crash Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-4980](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4980/): Path traversal in EMC Isilon OneFS EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0.0 8.0.0.1, EMC Isilon OneFS 7.2.0 - 7.2.1.3, EMC Isilon OneFS 7.1.0 - 7.1.1.10 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-4988](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4988/): Privilege escalation in EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0.1.0, 8.0.0 8.0.0.3, 7.2.0 - 7.2.1.4, 7.1.x (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-6848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-6848 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Nov 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-6848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.