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Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-15861

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the net-snmp package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12net-snmp5.8+dfsg-5DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15861
Debian:13net-snmp5.8+dfsg-5DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15861
Debian:14net-snmp5.8+dfsg-5DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15861

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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