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    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.

    Published:Aug 19, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Aug 19, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.0008
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Net-snmp
    Product
    Net-snmp
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Cloud Backup
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Hci Management Node
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Smi-s Provider
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Solidfire
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166
    https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205
    https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166
    https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205
    https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High