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Junos Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
JunOS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Junos OS is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
On SRX Series services gateways, the 'set system ports console insecure' feature does not work as expected. This feature is intended to prevent non-root users from performing password recovery using the console (see KB22619). This issue affects SRX Series services gateways only. No other Junos devices are affected.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Junos OS 12.1X46, 12.1X47 and 12.1X48
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable OS build is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper.