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high 7.3

CVE-2024-39546 json

Junos OS Evolved: Local low-privilege user can gain root permissions leading to privilege escalation

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-38072

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Socket Intercept (SI) command file interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated, low-privilege local attacker to modify certain files, allowing the attacker to cause any command to execute with root privileges leading to privilege escalation ultimately compromising the system.

This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:

* All versions prior to 21.2R3-S8-EVO,  * 21.4 versions prior to  21.4R3-S6-EVO,  * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S5-EVO,  * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S3-EVO,  * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-S3-EVO,  * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3-EVO,  * 23.2 versions prior to 23.2R2-EVO.

Patch / fix

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 21.2R3-S8-EVO, 21.4R3-S6-EVO, 22.1R3-S5-EVO, 22.2R3-S3-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADP 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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