Path traversal in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2020-1606
Published: January 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24186
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1606
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Juniper Junos OS
Juniper Junos OS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote authenticated J-web user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read files with "world" readable permission and delete files with "world" writeable permission.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1606
Install update from vendor's website.