CVE-2020-15861

7.8 HIGH
Published: August 20, 2020 Modified: December 03, 2025
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Description

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

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
60th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59 CWE-59

Affected Vendors

netapp net-snmp canonical

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