CVE-2021-0223 Details
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in telnetd.real of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated shell user to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root. telnetd.real is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, allowing local users to run telnetd.real with root privileges. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: all versions prior to 15.1R7-S9; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S7, 18.4R3-S6; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S1; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2.
Metrics
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
No CVSS 4.0 data is available for this CVE.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
No data available for CVSS Version 2.0 on this CVE.
No SSVC data is available for this CVE.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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| URL | Source(s) | Tag(s) |
|---|---|---|
| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11114 | CVE | Vendor Advisory |
| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11114 | [email protected] | Vendor Advisory |
Weakness Enumeration
| CWE-ID | CWE Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-269 | Improper Privilege Management | [email protected] |
| CWE-250 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges | [email protected] |
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| juniper junos | 15.1 - 15.1 a1 15.1 f 15.1 f1 15.1 f2 15.1 f2-s1 15.1 f2-s2 15.1 f2-s3 15.1 f2-s4 15.1 f3 15.1 f4 15.1 f5 15.1 f5-s7 15.1 f6 15.1 f6-s1 15.1 f6-s12 15.1 f6-s2 15.1 f6-s3 15.1 f6-s4 15.1 f6-s7 15.1 f7 15.1 r1 15.1 r2 15.1 r3 15.1 r4 15.1 r4-s7 15.1 r4-s8 15.1 r4-s9 15.1 r5 15.1 r5-s1 15.1 r5-s5 15.1 r5-s6 15.1 r6 15.1 r6-s1 15.1 r6-s2 15.1 r6-s6 15.1 r7 15.1 r7-s1 15.1 r7-s2 15.1 r7-s3 15.1 r7-s4 15.1 r7-s5 15.1 r7-s6 15.1 r7-s7 15.1 r7-s8 17.3 - 17.3 r1-s1 17.3 r2 17.3 r2-s1 17.3 r2-s2 17.3 r2-s3 17.3 r2-s4 17.3 r2-s5 17.3 r3 17.3 r3-s1 17.3 r3-s10 17.3 r3-s2 17.3 r3-s3 17.3 r3-s4 17.3 r3-s5 17.3 r3-s6 17.3 r3-s7 17.3 r3-s8 17.3 r3-s9 17.4 - 17.4 r1 17.4 r1-s1 17.4 r1-s2 17.4 r1-s4 17.4 r1-s5 17.4 r1-s6 17.4 r1-s7 17.4 r2 17.4 r2-s1 17.4 r2-s10 17.4 r2-s2 17.4 r2-s3 17.4 r2-s4 17.4 r2-s5 17.4 r2-s6 17.4 r2-s7 17.4 r2-s8 17.4 r2-s9 17.4 r3 17.4 r3-s1 17.4 r3-s2 18.1 - 18.1 r1 18.1 r2 18.1 r2-s1 18.1 r2-s2 18.1 r2-s4 18.1 r3 18.1 r3-s1 18.1 r3-s10 18.1 r3-s2 18.1 r3-s3 18.1 r3-s4 18.1 r3-s6 18.1 r3-s7 18.1 r3-s8 18.1 r3-s9 18.2 - 18.2 r1 18.2 r1-s3 18.2 r1-s4 18.2 r1-s5 18.2 r2 18.2 r2-s1 18.2 r2-s2 18.2 r2-s3 18.2 r2-s4 18.2 r2-s5 18.2 r2-s6 18.2 r3 18.2 r3-s1 18.2 r3-s2 18.2 r3-s3 18.2 r3-s4 18.2 r3-s5 18.3 - 18.3 r1 18.3 r1-s1 18.3 r1-s2 18.3 r1-s3 18.3 r1-s5 18.3 r1-s6 18.3 r2 18.3 r2-s1 18.3 r2-s2 18.3 r2-s3 18.3 r2-s4 18.3 r3 18.3 r3-s1 18.3 r3-s2 18.3 r3-s3 18.4 - 18.4 r1 18.4 r1-s1 18.4 r1-s2 18.4 r1-s5 18.4 r1-s6 18.4 r2 18.4 r2-s1 18.4 r2-s2 18.4 r2-s3 18.4 r2-s4 18.4 r2-s5 18.4 r2-s6 18.4 r3 18.4 r3-s1 18.4 r3-s2 18.4 r3-s3 18.4 r3-s4 18.4 r3-s5 19.1 - 19.1 r1 19.1 r1-s1 19.1 r1-s2 19.1 r1-s3 19.1 r1-s4 19.1 r1-s5 19.1 r2 19.1 r2-s1 19.1 r3 19.1 r3-s1 19.1 r3-s2 19.1 r3-s3 19.2 - 19.2 r1 19.2 r1-s1 19.2 r1-s2 19.2 r1-s3 19.2 r1-s4 19.2 r1-s5 19.2 r3 19.3 - 19.3 r1 19.3 r1-s1 19.3 r2 19.3 r2-s1 19.3 r2-s2 19.3 r2-s3 19.3 r2-s4 19.3 r3 19.4 r1 19.4 r1-s1 19.4 r1-s2 19.4 r2 19.4 r2-s1 19.4 r3 20.1 r1 20.1 r1-s1 20.1 r1-s2 20.1 r1-s3 20.2 r1 |
CPE
Remediation
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Change History
9 change records found show changes
| Date | Action | Recorded By |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Nov 21, 2024 | CVE Modified | CVE |
| May 14, 2024 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Reanalysis | [email protected] |
| Feb 5, 2021 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Feb 5, 2021 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Feb 5, 2021 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Feb 5, 2021 | CPE Deprecation Remap | [email protected] |
| Jan 28, 2021 | Initial Analysis | [email protected] |