CVE-2018-1204 Path traversal in Isilon OneFS

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A malicious compadmin can exploit a path traversal in isi_phone_home to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on Dell EMC Isilon OneFS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-1204?

CVE-2018-1204 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell EMC Isilon OneFS, published on 26 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell EMC Isilon OneFS 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, versions 7.2.1.x, and version 7.1.1.11 is affected by a path traversal vulnerability in the isi_phone_home tool. A malicious compadmin may potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1204?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Emc Isilon Onefs.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1204?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1204 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2018-1204 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-1204 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fqgg-5297-h6r4.

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