Junos OS: A low privileged user can escalate their privileges so that they can login as root
- Published
- 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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean?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 23.2R2-S7, 23.4R2-S6, 24.2R2-S3, 24.4R2-S2, 25.2R2
- 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 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges to root which will lead to a complete compromise of the system. When after a user has performed a specific 'file link ...' CLI operation, another user commits (unrelated configuration changes), the first user can login as root. This issue affects Junos OS: • all versions before 23.2R2-S7, • 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6, • 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S3, • 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S2, • 25.2 versions before 25.2R2. This issue does not affect versions 25.4R1 or later.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Juniper Networks Junos OS
fixed in 23.2R2-S7; From 23.4 · fixed in 23.4R2-S6; From 24.2 · fixed in 24.2R2-S3; From 24.4 · fixed in 24.4R2-S2; From 25.2 · fixed in 25.2R2