Juniper Networks Junos OS Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 13 Oct 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the Junos operating system, related to the lack of measures for cleaning input data, allows a intruder to gain unauthorized access to the device. | 23 Nov 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Multiple Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos | 14 Oct 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-4922 | 13 Oct 201717:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-4922 Junos: Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Junos CLI | 13 Oct 201717:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2016-5897 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| Juniper Junos IPv6 Packet Handling Remote DoS (JSA10762) | 27 Oct 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Juniper Junos Multiple CLI Command Handling Local Privilege Escalations (JSA10763) | 27 Oct 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2016-4922 | 13 Oct 201717:29 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2016-4922 | 13 Oct 201717:29 | – | osv | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 13 Oct 201717:29 | – | prion |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| kb | www.kb.juniper.net/JSA10763 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/o:juniper:junos";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106351");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-13 09:18:34 +0700 (Thu, 13 Oct 2016)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:18:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4922");
script_name("Juniper Networks Junos OS Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("JunOS Local Security Checks");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_juniper_junos_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("juniper/junos/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Junos OS is prone to multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in
JunOS CLI.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable OS build is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Certain combinations of Junos OS CLI commands and arguments have been
found to be exploitable in a way that can allow unauthorized access to the operating system. This may allow any
user with permissions to run these CLI commands the ability to achieve elevated privileges and gain complete
control of the device.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An authenticated attacker may achieve elevated privileges and gain complete
control of the device.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Junos OS 11.4, 12.1, 12.3, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 14.2 and 15.1");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://kb.juniper.net/JSA10763");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, nofork: TRUE))
exit(0);
if (version =~ "^15") {
if (revcomp(a: version, b: "15.1F4") < 0) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "15.1F4");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "15.1R3") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "15.1R1") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "15.1R3");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "15.1X49-D60") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "15.1X49") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "15.1X49-D60");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "15.1X53-D70") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "15.1X53") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "15.1X53-D70");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}
if (version =~ "^14") {
if (revcomp(a: version, b: "14.1R7") < 0) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.1R7");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "14.1X53-D40") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "14.1X53") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.1X53-D40");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "14.1X55-D35") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "14.1X55") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.1X55-D35");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "14.2R5") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "14.2R1") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.2R5");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}
if (version =~ "^13") {
if (revcomp(a: version, b: "13.2R9") < 0) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "13.2R9");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "13.3R9") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "13.3R1") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "13.3R9");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}
if (version =~ "^12") {
if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "12.1X46-D60") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "12.1X46") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.1X46-D60");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "12.1X47-D45") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "12.1X47") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.1X47-D45");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "12.3R12") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "12.3R1") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.3R12");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "12.3X48-D35") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a: version, b: "12.3X48") >= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.3X48-D35");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}
exit(99);
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