Junos OS Evolved: Local low-privilege user can gain root permissions leading to privilege escalation
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- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 21.2R3-S8-EVO, 21.4R3-S6-EVO, 22.1R3-S5-EVO, 22.2R3-S3-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, and 2 more
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Socket Intercept (SI) command file interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated, low-privilege local attacker to modify certain files, allowing the attacker to cause any command to execute with root privileges leading to privilege escalation ultimately compromising the system. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: • All versions prior to 21.2R3-S8-EVO, • 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S6-EVO, • 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S5-EVO, • 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S3-EVO, • 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-S3-EVO, • 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3-EVO, • 23.2 versions prior to 23.2R2-EVO.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
fixed in 21.2R3-S8-EVO; From 21.4 · fixed in 21.4R3-S6-EVO; From 22.1 · fixed in 22.1R3-S5-EVO; From 22.2 · fixed in 22.2R3-S3-EVO; From 22.3 · fixed in 22.3R3-S3-EVO; From 22.4 · fixed in 22.4R3-EVO; From 23.2 · fixed in 23.2R2-EVO