Juniper Junos OS Evolved privilege escalation | CVE-2022-22239
NAME
Juniper Junos OS Evolved privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
Juniper Junos OS Evolved - Risk Level:
8.2 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
Juniper Junos OS Evolved could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in Management Daemon (mgd). By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges on a remote system to root.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: Required
- Scope: Changed
- Access Vector: Local
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Refer to Juniper Networks Security Bulletin JSA69895 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2022-10-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Evolved-The-ssh-CLI-command-always-runs-as-root-which-can-lead-to-privilege-escalation-CVE-2022-22239?language=en_US - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22239
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