CVE-2016-0917

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The SMB service in EMC VNXe (VNXe3200 Operating Environment prior to 3.1.5.8711957 and VNXe3100/3150/3300 Operating Environment prior to 2.4.4.22638), VNX1 File OE before 7.1.80.3, VNX2 File OE before 8.1.9.155, and Celerra (all supported versions) does not prevent duplicate NTLM challenge-response nonces, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, or read or write to files, via a series of authentication requests, a related issue to CVE-2010-0231.

Affected products

EMC Vnx1 Oe Firmware: all versions
EMC Vnx2 Oe Firmware: all versions
EMC Vnxe Oe Firmware: all versions

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/32
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539993/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93023
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036843
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/32
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539993/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93023
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036843

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