CVE-2016-4922 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS, affecting numerous versions across various releases. Specific combinations of CLI commands and arguments can be exploited by an authenticated user to gain elevated privileges and complete control of the device. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:11.4:r12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.