CVE-2016-1271 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Juniper Junos OS. By crafting specific CLI commands and arguments, a local attacker can gain elevated privileges on the affected system. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.1x46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:d40:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1x47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x47:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1x47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x47:d10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1x47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x47:d15:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1x47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:12.1x47:d20:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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