CVE-2017-8020
An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG...
An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG service may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG service may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected server.
- Record
CVE-2017-8020- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG service may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected server.
- Record
CVE-2017-8020- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16990 No score
An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG service may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected server.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16990- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-55j8-4mpr-wfvp
An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG...
An issue was discovered in EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.x. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SDBG service may potentially allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected server.
- Record
GHSA-55j8-4mpr-wfvp- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8020 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Emc Scaleio, published November 28, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.21%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.