CVE-2017-4979 — EMC Isilon OneFS 8

EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0.1.0, OneFS 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.2, OneFS 7.2.1.0 - 7.2.1.3, and OneFS 7.2.0.x is affected by an NFS export vulnerability. Under certain conditions, after upgrading a cluster from OneFS 7.1.1.x or earlier, users may have unexpected levels of access to some NFS expo

01What is this vulnerability?

EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0.1.0, OneFS 8.0.0.0 - 8.0.0.2, OneFS 7.2.1.0 - 7.2.1.3, and OneFS 7.2.0.x is affected by an NFS export vulnerability. Under certain conditions, after upgrading a cluster from OneFS 7.1.1.x or earlier, users may have unexpected levels of access to some NFS exports.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-05-19T15:29:00.257
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540551/30/0/threaded
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540551/30/0/threaded