Local root execution via world-writable Docker repository
Published Apr 17, 2023 · Updated Feb 6, 2025
Incorrect permissions in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allow local users to stage malicious files for later root execution. A world-writable Docker repository lets a low-privileged account copy files into an existing container that an administrator later starts. The chain requires Docker to be configured and running, which is not the default, and administrator interaction executes the injected files as root.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect permissions in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allow local users to stage malicious files for later root execution. A world-writable Docker repository lets a low-privileged account copy files into an existing container that an administrator later starts. The chain requires Docker to be configured and running, which is not the default, and administrator interaction executes the injected files as root.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28960
- Published
- Apr 17, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Juniper Networks
- Product
- Junos OS Evolved
- Classifications
- CWE-732, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 17, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=20.4 <20.4R3-S5-EVO
- Affected versionversion=21.2 <21.2R3-EVO
- Affected versionversion=21.3 <21.3R3-EVO
- Affected versionversion=21.4 <21.4R2-EVO
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