High severity · published Aug 20, 2020
CVE-2020-15862
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
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
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)0.4% · higher than 32% 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
HM
Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Net-snmp · Net-snmp
before 5.8.1 · source: NVD
SP
Smi-s Provider · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SO
Solidfire · 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-2020-15862
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15862
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166
Patch
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205
Patch
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/
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