CVE-2016-1278

Description

Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D50 on SRX Series devices reverts to safe mode authentication and allows root CLI logins without a password after a failed upgrade to 12.1X46, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging use of the request system software command with the partition option.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.047

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-1278,CVE-2017-10604 are fixed in junos 12.1x46-d65NCM
Improper Authentication Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1278)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234