Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Junos OS - CVE-2019-0035
Published: May 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18541
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0035
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists because an insecure console allows root password recovery on OAM volumes with physical access to the console. A local attacker can change the root password and gain access to sensitive data.
Affected software
Junos OS
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0035
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 15.1F6-S12, 15.1X49-D160, 15.1X53-D68, 15.1X53-D236, 15.1X53-D496, 15.1R7-S3, 16.1X65-D49, 16.1R3-S10, 16.1R6-S6, 16.1R7-S3, 16.2R2-S8, 17.1R2-S10, 17.1R3, 17.2R1-S8, 17.2R3-S1, 17.3R3-S3, 17.4R1-S6, 17.4R2-S2, 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S3, 18.2X75-D40, 18.2R2, 18.3R1-S2, 18.4R1