CVE-2023-28973 Information

Description

An Improper Authorization vulnerability in the ‘sysmanctl’ shell command of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to execute administrative commands that could impact the integrity of the system or system availability. Administrative functions such as daemon restarting routing engine (RE) switchover and node shutdown can all be performed through exploitation of the ‘sysmanctl’ command. Access to the ‘sysmanctl’ command is only available from the Junos shell. Neither direct nor indirect access to ‘sysmanctl’ is available from the Junos CLI. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5-EVO; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-EVO; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R1-S2-EVO 21.4R2-EVO.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70597

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.1