Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-10603 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) vulnerability in Juniper Junos 15.1/15.1X53

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
juniper
CWE-91
nessus
NVD
Published: 2017-07-17
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

An XML injection vulnerability in Junos OS CLI can allow a locally authenticated user to elevate privileges and run arbitrary commands as the root user. This issue was found during internal product security testing. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D47, 15.1 prior to 15.1R3. Junos versions prior to 15.1 are not affected. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Juniper
25

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • XML Injection
    An attacker utilizes crafted XML user-controllable input to probe, attack, and inject data into the XML database, using techniques similar to SQL injection. The user-controllable input can allow for unauthorized viewing of data, bypassing authentication or the front-end application for direct XML database access, and possibly altering database information.
  • XPath Injection
    An attacker can craft special user-controllable input consisting of XPath expressions to inject the XML database and bypass authentication or glean information that he normally would not be able to. XPath Injection enables an attacker to talk directly to the XML database, thus bypassing the application completely. XPath Injection results from the failure of an application to properly sanitize input used as part of dynamic XPath expressions used to query an XML database. In order to successfully inject XML and retrieve information from a database, an attacker:

Nessus

NASL familyJunos Local Security Checks
NASL idJUNIPER_JSA10805.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the remote Juniper Junos device is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI component due to improper validation of user-supplied input before being processed as XML content. A local attacker can exploit this, via XML injection, to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code as the root user.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id102080
published2017-07-31
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102080
titleJuniper Junos CLI XML Privilege Escalation (JSA10805)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(102080);
  script_version ("1.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/12 19:01:16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10603");
  script_xref(name:"JSA", value:"JSA10805");

  script_name(english:"Juniper Junos CLI XML Privilege Escalation (JSA10805)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the Junos version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the remote Juniper
Junos device is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in
the CLI component due to improper validation of user-supplied input
before being processed as XML content. A local attacker can exploit
this, via XML injection, to gain elevated privileges and execute
arbitrary code as the root user.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10805");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper
security advisory JSA10805.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/07/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/07/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/07/31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:juniper:junos");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Junos Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("junos_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("junos_kb_cmd_func.inc");

ver   = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version');

fixes = make_array();

fixes['15.1X53'] = '15.1X53-D47';
fixes['15.1']  = '15.1R3';

fix = check_junos(ver:ver, fixes:fixes, exit_on_fail:TRUE);

junos_report(ver:ver, fix:fix, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

References