CVE-2021-0255
published 2021-04-22CVE-2021-0255: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate…
PriorityP342high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.21%
10.5th percentile
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate privileges and write to the local filesystem as root. ethtraceroute is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, allowing local users to run ethtraceroute with root privileges. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D240; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S4; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S12; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S1; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S1.
Affected
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| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 15.1X49 < 15.1X49-D240 | 15.1X49-D240 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 17.3 < 17.3R3-S11 | 17.3R3-S11 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 17.4 < 17.4R3-S4 | 17.4R3-S4 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 18.1 < 18.1R3-S12 | 18.1R3-S12 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 18.2 < 18.2R3-S7 | 18.2R3-S7 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 18.3 < 18.3R3-S4 | 18.3R3-S4 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 18.4 < 18.4R2-S7 | 18.4R2-S7 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 19.1 < 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4 | 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 19.3 < 19.3R3-S2 | 19.3R3-S2 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 19.4 < 19.4R3-S1 | 19.4R3-S1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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CVE-2021-0255: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to e
vendor_juniper·2021-04-22·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-0255 [MEDIUM] CWE-250 CVE-2021-0255: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to e
CVE-2021-0255: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate privileges and write to the local filesystem as root. ethtraceroute is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, allowing local users to run ethtraceroute with root privileges. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D240; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S4; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S12; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S1; 20.1
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2021-04-22
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