# CVE-2016-9871: Privilege escalation in EMC Isilon OneFS 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

> Attackers can exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in EMC Isilon OneFS to compromise the affected system.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f35h-r2rm-pqxg

## What is CVE-2016-9871?

CVE-2016-9871 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Isilon OneFS 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, published on 3 Feb 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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 is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected system.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9871?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emc Isilon Onefs.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-9871?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-9871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in EMC Isilon OneFS 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

- [CVE-2015-4525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4525/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-6848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6848/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.5)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9871 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-9871 is a high-severity vulnerability in EMC Isilon OneFS 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, published on 3 Feb 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: EMC Isilon OneFS 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. 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-2016-9871/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9871/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9871
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9871
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9871

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.