CVE-2016-4922 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-4922

Junos: Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Junos CLI

Vulnerability Description

Certain combinations of Junos OS CLI commands and arguments have been found to be exploitable in a way that can allow unauthorized access to the operating system. This may allow any user with permissions to run these CLI commands the ability to achieve elevated privileges and gain complete control of the device. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 11.4 prior to 11.4R13-S3; 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D60; 12.1X47 prior to 12.1X47-D45; 12.3 prior to 12.3R12; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D35; 13.2 prior to 13.2R9; 13.3 prior to 13.3R4-S11, 13.3R9; 14.1 prior to 14.1R4-S12, 14.1R7; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D28, 14.1X53-D40; 14.1X55 prior to 14.1X55-D35; 14.2 prior to 14.2R3-S10, 14.2R4-S7, 14.2R5; 15.1 prior to 15.1F4, 15.1R3; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D60; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D57, 15.1X53-D70.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Juniper Networks

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Affected Software

Junos OS
Vulnerable Versions:
11.4 prior to 11.4R13-S3, 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D60, 12.1X47 prior to 12.1X47-D45, 12.3 prior to 12.3R12, 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D35, 13.2 prior to 13.2R9, 13.3 prior to 13.3R4-S11, 13.3R9, 14.1 prior to 14.1R4-S12, 14.1R7, 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D28, 14.1X53-D40, 14.1X55 prior to 14.1X55-D35, 14.2 prior to 14.2R3-S10, 14.2R4-S7, 14.2R5, 15.1 prior to 15.1F4, 15.1R3, 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D60, 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D57, 15.1X53-D70

Timeline

Official Publish: October 13th, 2017
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.