Vigil@nce - Junos: privilege escalation via TACACS
January 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An authenticated attacker can run Junos command which are
forbidden, in order to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: Juniper J-Series, JUNOS
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 14/01/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Junos product uses TACACS+ to manage users.
However, TACACS+ configurations containing double quotes are not
correctly processed.
An authenticated attacker can therefore run Junos command which
are forbidden, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Junos-privilege-escalation-via-TACACS-15973