CVE-2020-28251

NETSCOUT AirMagnet Enterprise 11.1.4 build 37257 and earlier has a sensor escalated privileges vulnerability that can be exploited to provide someone with administrative access to a sensor, with credentials to invoke a command to provide root access to the operating system. The attacker must complete a straightforward password-cracking exercise.

CVSS v3.0 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.netscout.com/securityadvisories	Vendor Advisory
https://www.netscout.com/products	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:netscout:airmagnet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:netscout:sensor4-r1s1w1-e:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netscout:sensor4-r2s1-e:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netscout:sensor4-r2s1-i:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netscout:sensor6-r1s0w1-e:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netscout:sensor6-r2s1-e:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:netscout:sensor6-r2s1-i:-:::::::*

Information

Published : 2020-12-03 09:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 04:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-28251

Mitre link : CVE-2020-28251

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Products Affected

netscout

sensor6-r2s1-i
sensor6-r2s1-e
sensor4-r2s1-i
sensor4-r2s1-e
sensor6-r1s0w1-e
sensor4-r1s1w1-e
airmagnet_enterprise

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