Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.7.0.1 privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.3.0.0/9.4.0.16/9.5.0.7/9.7.0.0/9.7.0.1. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-25961. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.3.0.0/9.4.0.16/9.5.0.7/9.7.0.0/9.7.0.1. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.2.x through 9.7.0.x contains an improper privilege management vulnerability. A local high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalation of privileges.

The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-25961 since 02/13/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/10/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• PowerScale OneFS

Version

• 9.3.0
• 9.4.0.0
• 9.4.0.1
• 9.4.0.2
• 9.4.0.3
• 9.4.0.4
• 9.4.0.5
• 9.4.0.6
• 9.4.0.7
• 9.4.0.8
• 9.4.0.9
• 9.4.0.10
• 9.4.0.11
• 9.4.0.12
• 9.4.0.13
• 9.4.0.14
• 9.4.0.15
• 9.4.0.16
• 9.5.0.0
• 9.5.0.1
• 9.5.0.2
• 9.5.0.3
• 9.5.0.4
• 9.5.0.5
• 9.5.0.6
• 9.5.0.7
• 9.7.0
• 9.7.0.0
• 9.7.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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