CVE-2023-44194 (GCVE-0-2023-44194)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-12 23:04
Modified
2025-02-27 20:41
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Juniper Networks Junos OS Version: 0   ≤
Version: 21.1   ≤
Version: 21.2   ≤
Version: 21.3   ≤
Version: 21.4   ≤
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