Critical severity · published Oct 13, 2017
CVE-2017-10615
A vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code…
9.8
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash daemons such as telnetd or sshd that make use of PAM. Affected Juniper Networks Junos OS releases are: 14.1 from 14.1R5 prior to 14.1R8-S4, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D50 on EX and QFX series; 14.2 from 14.2R3 prior to 14.2R7-S8, 14.2R8; No other Junos OS releases are affected by this issue. No other Juniper Networks products are affected by this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
14.1; 14.1; 14.1; 14.1; 14.1; 14.1; +23 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10615
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10615
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040039
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10818
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