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CVE-2020-15862

Published: Aug 19, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-269
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Net-SNMP through 5.8 has Improper Privilege Management because SNMP WRITE access to the EXTEND MIB provides the ability to run arbitrary commands as root.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

net-snmpnet-snmp
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
cloud backupnetappHardware Firmware
hci management nodenetappHardware Firmware
smi-s providernetappHardware Firmware
net-snmposs-projectOSS Librariesaka net-snmp suite
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
netappcommercialUSHardware Firmware
and 9 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166
bugs.debian.org
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205
github.com
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e
salsa.debian.org
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 19, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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