CVE-2016-1279

Summary

CVE	CVE-2016-1279
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2016-09-09 14:05:05 UTC
Updated	2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Description	J-Web in Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D45, 12.1X46-D50, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D35, 12.3 before 12.3R12, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D25, 13.3 before 13.3R10, 13.3R9 before 13.3R9-S1, 14.1 before 14.1R7, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D35, 14.2 before 14.2R6, 15.1 before 15.1A2 or 15.1F4, 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D30, and 15.1R before 15.1R3 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and consequently gain administrative privileges via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.019090000 probability, percentile 0.833890000 (date 2026-05-06)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-287 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	10		`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.1x46	d50	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.1x47	All	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.1x47	d10	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.1x47	d15	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.1x47	d20	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.1x47	d25	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.1x47	d30	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	All	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r1	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r10	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r11	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r3	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r4	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r5	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r6	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r7	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r8	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3	r9	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3x48	d10	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	12.3x48	d15	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	All	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r1	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r2-s2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r3	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r4	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r5	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r6	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r7	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r8	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	13.3	r9	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1	All	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1	r1	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1	r2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1	r3	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1	r4	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1	r5	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1	r6	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	All	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	d10	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	d15	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	d16	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	d25	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	d26	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	d27	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.1x53	d30	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.2	r1	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.2	r2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.2	r3	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.2	r4	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	14.2	r5	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	a1	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	f2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	f2-s1	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	f2-s2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	f2-s3	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	f2-s4	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	f3	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	r1	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1	r2	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1x49	d10	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	15.1x49	d20	All	All
Operating System	Juniper	Junos	All	d40	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Juniper Networks - 2016-07 Security Bulletin: Junos J-Web: Privilege Escalation due to information leak (CVE-2016-1279) - Knowledge Base	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	kb.juniper.net	Vendor Advisory
Juniper Junos J-Web CVE-2016-1279 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com
Juniper Junos J-Web Information Leak Lets Remote Users Access the Target System - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

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