An incorrect permissions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on vMX may allow local unprivileged users on a host system read access to vMX or vPFE images and obtain sensitive information contained in them such as private cryptographic keys. This issue was found during internal product security testing. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1 prior to 15.1F5; 14.1 prior to 14.1R8
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5899 An incorrect permissions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on vMX may allow local unprivileged users on a host system read access to vMX or vPFE images and obtain sensitive information contained in them such as private cryptographic keys. This issue was found during internal product security testing. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1 prior to 15.1F5; 14.1 prior to 14.1R8
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

Limit access to only trusted users on the host machine where vMX is deployed.

History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:25:25.053Z

Reserved: 2016-05-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4924

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-13T17:29:00.393

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4924

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