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CVE-2020-15861

Date: August 19, 2020

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

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-15861
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15861
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15861
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-15861

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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