#VU10149 Privilege escalation in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2018-0008
Published: January 15, 2018 / Updated: January 23, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10149
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0008
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Juniper Junos OS
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a physically local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper access and privileges controls. A physically local attacker on the console can gain root access without authenticating after an authenticated administrator has run a commit script containing certain instructions and the system reboots into a "safe mode" authentication state.
The weakness exists due to improper access and privileges controls. A physically local attacker on the console can gain root access without authenticating after an authenticated administrator has run a commit script containing certain instructions and the system reboots into a "safe mode" authentication state.
Remediation
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 12.1X46-D71, 12.3X48-D55, 14.1R9, 14.1X53-D40, 14.2R7-S9, 14.2R8,
15.1F5-S7, 15.1F6-S8, 15.1R5-S6, 15.1R6, 15.1X49-D110, 15.1X53-D49,
15.1X53-D470, 15.1X53-D232, 15.1X53-D65, 16.1R2, 16.2R1.