Improper Privilege Management in Juniper Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2021-31350

 

Improper Privilege Management in Juniper Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2021-31350

Published: October 19, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57435
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31350
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Juniper Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in the gRPC framework. A remote authenticated attacker can escalate privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-31350

Install updates from vendor's website.

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