CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-7751

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2015-10-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-10-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X44-D50, 12.1X46 before 12.1X46-D35, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D25, 12.3 before 12.3R9, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D15, 13.2 before 13.2R7, 13.2X51 before 13.2X51-D35, 13.3 before 13.3R6, 14.1 before 14.1R5, 14.1X50 before 14.1X50-D105, 14.1X51 before 14.1X51-D70, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D25, 14.1X55 before 14.1X55-D20, 14.2 before 14.2R1, 15.1 before 15.1F2 or 15.1R1, and 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D10 does not require a password for the root user when pam.conf is "corrupted," which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the file.

Affected configurations

• juniper junos (<= 12.1x44) • juniper junos 12.1x46 • juniper junos 12.1x47 • juniper junos 12.3 • juniper junos 12.3x48 • juniper junos 13.2 • juniper junos 13.2x51 • juniper junos 13.3 • juniper junos 14.1 • juniper junos 14.1x50 • juniper junos 14.1x51 • juniper junos 14.1x53 • juniper junos 14.1x55 • juniper junos 14.2 • juniper junos 15.1 • juniper junos 15.1x49

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References