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CVE-2023-44194

Published: Oct 12, 2023

Modified: Feb 27, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.4

HIGH

Description

An Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated attacker with local access to the device to create a backdoor with root privileges. The issue is caused by improper directory permissions on a certain system directory, allowing an attacker with access to this directory to create a backdoor with root privileges. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S1.

VendorProductVersions

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

affected
0 - < 20.4R3-S5
affected
21.1 - < 21.1R3-S4
affected
21.2 - < 21.2R3-S4
affected
21.3 - < 21.3R3-S3
affected
21.4 - < 21.4R3-S1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-276

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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