CVE-2020-15862

Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 has Improper Privilege Management because SNMP WRITE access to the EXTEND MIB provides the ability to run arbitrary commands as root.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04::::lts:::

Information

Published : 2020-08-19 18:17

Updated : 2020-09-04 07:58

NVD link : CVE-2020-15862

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15862

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

net-snmp

net-snmp

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