CVE-2020-15861

moderate-risk

Published 2020-08-20

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

Do I need to act?

0.43% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Net-Snmp

Ubuntu Linux

Cloud Backup

Smi-S Provider

Solidfire \& Hci Management Node

Net-Snmp Canonical Netapp

Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599

Patch https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41...

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/

Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599

Patch https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41...

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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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 15/34 · Moderate