{"id":"CVE-2017-4985","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-4985","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:56:18.392Z","title":"In EMC VNX2 versions prior to OE for File 8.1.9.211 and VNX1 versions prior to OE for File 7.1.80.8, a local authenticated user may potentially escalate their privileges to root due to authorization checks not being performed on certain perl scripts.","description":"In EMC VNX2 versions prior to OE for File 8.1.9.211 and VNX1 versions prior to OE for File 7.1.80.8, a local authenticated user may potentially escalate their privileges to root due to authorization checks not being performed on certain perl scripts. This may potentially be exploited by an attacker to run arbitrary commands as root on the targeted VNX Control Station system.","published":"2017-06-19T12:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:19:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["emc/vnx2 firmware","emc/vnx1 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00308,"percentile":0.23518,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540738/30/0/threaded","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99037","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540738/30/0/threaded","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99037","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4985","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}