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CVE-2017-10615

Junos: Potential remote code execution vulnerability in PAM

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 13, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:00 AM UTC
17 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosEx4600Ex4300

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

A vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash daemons such as telnetd or sshd that make use of PAM. Affected Juniper Networks Junos OS releases are: 14.1 from 14.1R5 prior to 14.1R8-S4, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D50 on EX and QFX series; 14.2 from 14.2R3 prior to 14.2R7-S8, 14.2R8; No other Junos OS releases are affected by this issue. No other Juniper Networks products are affected by this issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Junos· Juniper Networks
95%
v < 14.1X53-D5014.1R5 ≤ v < 14.1R8-S414.2R3 ≤ v < 14.2R7-S814.114.1 r114.1 r214.1 r314.1 r414.1 r514.1 r614.1 r714.1 r914.1x5314.1x53 d1014.1x53 d1514.1x53 d1614.1x53 d2514.1x53 d2614.1x53 d2714.1x53 d3014.1x53 d3514.1x53 d4014.1x53 d4514.214.2 r114.2 r214.2 r314.2 r414.2 r514.2 r614.2 r714.2 r8
Affected range stops below 14.1R8-S4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.1X53-D50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.2R7-S8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
juniper-ex3200 (environment) · juniper-ex3300 (environment) · juniper-ex3300-vc (environment) · juniper-ex4200 (environment) · juniper-ex4200-vc (environment) · juniper-ex4300 (environment) · juniper-ex4300-vc (environment) · juniper-ex4500 (environment) · juniper-ex4500-vc (environment) · juniper-ex4550 (environment) · juniper-ex4550-vc (environment) · juniper-ex4600 (environment) · juniper-ex4600-vc (environment) · juniper-ex6200 (environment) · juniper-ex8200 (environment) · juniper-ex8200-vc (environment)
Ex3200· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex3300· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex3300-Vc· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex4200· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex4200-Vc· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex4300· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex4300-Vc· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex4500· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions
Ex4500-Vc· Juniperdevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040039
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10818

CVSS

9.8CRITICALjuniper
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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