SB2022071620 - Privilege escalation in Junos OS SRX and EX Series
Published: July 16, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022071620
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22221)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the 'request system download ...' and 'show system download ...' commands. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the affected CLI commands and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.