High severity · published Aug 20, 2020
CVE-2020-15861
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Net-snmp · Net-snmp
through 5.7.3 · source: NVD
SP
Smi-s Provider · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 20.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15861
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15861
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599
Patch
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/
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