CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-15861
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
Affected configurations
• net-snmp net-snmp (<= 5.7.3)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 20.04
• netapp cloud backup
• netapp smi-s provider
• netapp solidfire \& hci management node
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602 Patch, 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/ Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602 Patch, 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/ Third Party Advisory