What is CVE-2018-0023?

CVE-2018-0023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Jsnapy, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-0023?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Jsnapy

CVE-2018-0023

JSNAPy is an open source python version of Junos Snapshot Administrator developed by Juniper available through github. The default configuration and sample files of JSNAPy automation tool versions prior to 1.3.0 are created world writable. This insecure file and directory permission allows unprivileged local users to alter the files under this directory including inserting operations not intended by the package maintainer, system administrator, or other users. This issue only affects users who downloaded and installed JSNAPy from github.

EPSS: 0.003 (23.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Juniper Jsnapy
Juniper Networks Junos Snapshot Administrator (Jsnapy) — versions all

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
sirt@juniper.net (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0023?: CVE-2018-0023 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Jsnapy, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-0023?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.