Juniper Junos OS Privilege Escalation (JSA69895)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166324

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The version of Junos OS installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as referenced in the JSA69895 advisory. 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.

A workaround for this issue is to modify the applicable login class(es) so that the ssh command can not be accessed anymore. This can be done by removing the 'network' permission or modifying the resp. allow-/deny-commands configuration.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA69895

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166324

File Name: juniper_jsa69895.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Family: Junos Local Security Checks

Published: 10/20/2022

Updated: 6/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22239

IAVA: 2022-A-0421-S

JSA: JSA69895

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