CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-44194

7.8 HIGH Published 2023-10-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-10-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-276

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.

Affected configurations

• juniper junos (< 20.4) • juniper junos 20.4 • juniper junos 21.1 • juniper junos 21.2 • juniper junos 21.3 • juniper junos 21.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness

References