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Fencer Intel
high 8.4

CVE-2016-4924 json

vMX: Information leak vulnerability

published 2017-10-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5899

cvss
8.4
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An incorrect permissions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on vMX may allow local unprivileged users on a host system read access to vMX or vPFE images and obtain sensitive information contained in them such as private cryptographic keys. This issue was found during internal product security testing. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1 prior to 15.1F5; 14.1 prior to 14.1R8

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 1.7 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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