CVE-2021-0212 (GCVE-0-2021-0212)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-15 17:35 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Contrail Networking: Administrator credentials are exposed in a plaintext file
Summary
An Information Exposure vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Networking allows a locally authenticated attacker able to read files to retrieve administrator credentials stored in plaintext thereby elevating their privileges over the system. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Contrail Networking versions prior to 1911.31.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-200 - Information Exposure
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11102 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Contrail Networking |
Affected:
unspecified , < 1911.31
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2021-01-13 00:00
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