What is CVE-2016-4929?

CVE-2016-4929 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos Space, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-4929?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Juniper Junos Space

CVE-2016-4929

Command injection vulnerability in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as a root user.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2017-03-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.036 · change: +0.004

Affected products

Juniper Junos Space

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93540 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4929?: CVE-2016-4929 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos Space, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-4929?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.