CVE-2017-8012
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn EMC ViPR SRM, Storage M&R, VNX M&R, and M&R (Watch4Net) for SAS Solution Packs, the Java Management Extensions (JMX) protocol used to communicate between components in the Alerting and/or Compliance components can be leveraged to create a denial of service (DoS) condition. Attackers with knowledge of JMX agent user credentials could potentially exploit this vulnerability to create arbitrary files on the affected system and create a DoS condition by leveraging inherent JMX protocol capabilities.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIn EMC ViPR SRM and related M&R products, the Java Management Extensions (JMX) protocol used between Alerting and/or Compliance components has an authenticated vulnerability. Attackers with JMX agent credentials can leverage inherent JMX protocol capabilities to create arbitrary files on the affected system and cause denial of service.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versions<= 4.0.2all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if affected EMC product is installedLook for installed EMC ViPR SRM, M&R, Storage Monitoring And Reporting, or VNX Monitoring And Reporting components. Check common installation directories or use system inventory tools to list installed software.Affected if One of these products is present on the system
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Determine installed product versionLocate version information in the product's installation directory, typically in a version.txt, about.txt, or similar file, or check the product's web interface for version details.Affected if Version is at or below 4.0.2 for ViPR SRM, or is any version for M&R, Storage M&R, or VNX M&R products
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Verify if JMX service is enabledCheck the product configuration for JMX settings. Look for JMX port configurations (typically ports 8686 or 1099) in configuration files or running process listings.Affected if JMX is enabled and listening on a network port
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Check JMX authentication configurationReview JMX configuration files for authentication settings. Verify whether default, weak, or shared credentials may be in use.Affected if JMX authentication is enabled but uses default or weak credentials
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Confirm JMX network exposureDetermine if the JMX port is bound to a non-localhost interface or is accessible from untrusted networks.Affected if JMX service is accessible from network addresses other than localhost
User is affected if any of the listed products are installed with JMX enabled and accessible, regardless of version since most versions are affected.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict JMX access by implementing strong, unique credentials, enabling SSL/TLS for JMX communications, and applying network segmentation to limit JMX exposure to trusted systems only. Consider disabling JMX if not required for operations.
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-8012 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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