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Junos OS: SRX and EX Series: Local privilege escalation flaw in "download" functionality

Published Jul 20, 2022

Description

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability in the download manager of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to take full control over the device. One aspect of this vulnerability is that the attacker needs to be able to execute any of the "request ..." or "show system download ..." commands. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series: All versions prior to 19.2R1-S9, 19.2R3-S5; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S6; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S4; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S4; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S2, 20.4R3-S3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S1; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2-S2, 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2, 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R1-S1, 21.4R2.

Affected products

Remediation

Vendor solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 19.1R3-S9, 19.2R1-S9, 19.2R3-S5, 19.4R3-S8, 20.2R3-S4, 20.3R3-S3, 20.4R3-S2, 20.4R3-S3, 21.1R3-S1, 21.2R2-S2, 21.2R3, 21.3R2, 21.3R3, 21.4R1-S1, 21.4R2, 22.1R1, and all subsequent releases.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner juniper
Published Jul 20, 2022
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Dec 21, 2021

CISA Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner juniper
Published Jul 20, 2022
Updated Sep 17, 2024

GitHub

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