CVE-2022-22239CWE-250

Junos OS Evolved: The ssh CLI command always runs as root which can lead to privilege escalation

High · published October 18, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Management Daemon (mgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges on the device and potentially remote systems. This vulnerability allows a locally authenticated attacker with access to the ssh operational command to escalate their privileges on the system to root, or if there is user interaction on the local device to potentially escalate privileges on a remote system to root. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5-EVO; 21.1-EVO versions prior to 21.1R3-EVO; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00194 · 8.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Published
2022-10-18T02:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 OCT 02:46Z
    Junos OS Evolved: The ssh CLI command always runs as root which can lead to privilege escalation
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