Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.3.0.0/9.4.0.16/9.5.0.7/9.7.0.1 cleartext transmission

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.3.0.0/9.4.0.16/9.5.0.7/9.7.0.1. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cleartext transmission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-25960. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.3.0.0/9.4.0.16/9.5.0.7/9.7.0.1. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext transmission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-319. The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.2.x through 9.7.0.x contains a cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalation of privileges.

It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-25960 since 02/13/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/09/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1040 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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
• 9.7.0.0
• 9.7.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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