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CVE record · CVE-2021-0253

Junos OS: NFX Series: Local Command Execution Vulnerability in JDMD Leads to Privilege Escalation

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0055 · 46th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: juniper) at 22 Apr 2021, 19:37 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS
  • affected unspecified to before 18.3R3-S4 custom
  • affected 17.2R1 to before 17.2* custom
  • affected 18.4 to before 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S5 custom
  • affected 19.1 to before 19.1R1-S3 custom
  • affected 19.1R2 to before 19.2* custom
  • affected 19.3 to before 19.3R3 custom
  • affected 19.4 to before 19.4R2-S2 custom
Juniper Networks Junos OS
  • unaffected unspecified to before 17.2R1 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2021-0253
CNA
juniper
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-77
Tags
Published
22 Apr 2021
Updated
16 Sept 2024

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (juniper)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0055, the 46th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 22 Apr 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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