Exploitation Summary
CVE-2015-7756 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
The encryption implementation in Juniper ScreenOS 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18, 6.3.0r12 before 6.3.0r12b, 6.3.0r13 before 6.3.0r13b, 6.3.0r14 before 6.3.0r14b, 6.3.0r15 before 6.3.0r15b, 6.3.0r16 before 6.3.0r16b, 6.3.0r17 before 6.3.0r17b, 6.3.0r18 before 6.3.0r18b, 6.3.0r19 before 6.3.0r19b, and 6.3.0r20 before 6.3.0r21 makes it easier for remote attackers to discover the plaintext content of VPN sessions by sniffing the network for ciphertext data and conducting an unspecified decryption attack.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034489
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10713
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/12/unauthorized-code-in-juniper-firewalls-decrypts-encrypted-vpn-traffic/
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.wired.com/2015/12/juniper-networks-hidden-backdoors-show-the-risk-of-government-backdoors/
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://adamcaudill.com/2015/12/17/much-ado-about-juniper/
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/12/18/juniper-says-it-didnt-work-with-government-to-add-unauthorized-code-to-network-gear/
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://forums.juniper.net/t5/Security-Incident-Response/Important-Announcement-about-ScreenOS/ba-p/285554
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/hdm/juniper-cve-2015-7755
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/640184
Scores
EPSS
0.0046
EPSS Percentile
64.6%
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2015-12-23
CWE
CWE-310
Status
published
Products (5)
juniper/screenos
6.2.0r15
juniper/screenos
6.2.0r16
juniper/screenos
6.2.0r17
juniper/screenos
6.2.0r18
juniper/screenos
6.3.0 r12 (8 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 19, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026