Riskcovery

CVE-2021-31372

Junos OS: J-Web allows a locally authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges to root.

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Oct 19, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Apr 15, 2021

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Description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a locally authenticated J-Web attacker to escalate their privileges to root over the target device. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S6; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S5; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2, 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2;

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hjuniper

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • before 18.3R3-S5Affected
  • 18.4 to before 18.4R3-S9Affected
  • 19.1 to before 19.1R3-S6Affected
  • 19.2 to before 19.2R3-S3Affected
  • 19.3 to before 19.3R3-S3Affected
  • 19.4 to before 19.4R3-S5Affected
  • 20.1 to before 20.1R3-S1Affected
  • 20.2 to before 20.2R3-S2Affected
  • 20.3 to before 20.3R3-S1Affected
  • 20.4 to before 20.4R3Affected
  • 21.1 to before 21.1R2, 21.1R3Affected
  • 21.2 to before 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2Affected

References

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