CVE-2022-22239 — Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Networks Junos OS Evolved

CWE-250 — Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
CNA8.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Juniper Networks Junos OS EvolvedJuniper Junos OS Evolved
Timeline
PublishedOct 18

Description

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. This vulnerability allows a locally authenticated attacker with access to the ssh operational command to escalate their privileges on the system to root, or if there is user interaction on the local device to potentially escalate privileges on a …

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5juniper_networks/junos_os_evolvedunspecified — 20.4R3-S5-EVO+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
Junos OS Evolved: The ssh CLI command always runs as root which can lead to privilege escalation↗2022-10-18
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GHSA
GHSA-h38r-wg7q-9555: An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Management Daemon (mgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated↗2022-10-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Juniper
CVE-2022-22239: An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Management Daemon (mgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated↗2022-10-18
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