What is CVE-2018-0024?

CVE-2018-0024 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Ex2200, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-0024?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Juniper Ex2200

CVE-2018-0024

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in a shell session of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an authenticated unprivileged attacker to gain full control of the system. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D45 on SRX Series; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D20 on SRX Series; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R11 on EX Series; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D30 on EX2200/VC, EX3200, EX3300/VC, EX4200, EX4300, EX4550/VC, EX4600, EX6200, EX8200/VC (XRE), QFX3500, QFX3600, QFX5100;; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D20 on SRX Series.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

sirt@juniper.net (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
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-2018-0024?: CVE-2018-0024 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Ex2200, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-0024?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.