CVE-2016-9868 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting EMC ScaleIO versions prior to 2.0.1.1. A low-privileged local attacker can trigger a kernel panic in the SCINI driver via specific IOCTL calls, rendering the ScaleIO Data Client (SDC) server unavailable until a reboot. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and has a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:scaleio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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