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CVE-2020-15862

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

Description

Net-SNMP through 5.8 has Improper Privilege Management because SNMP WRITE access to the EXTEND MIB provides the ability to run arbitrary commands as root.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

net-snmpDebian

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-4CVE-2020-15862

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-4CVE-2020-15862

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-4CVE-2020-15862

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-4CVE-2020-15862

libsnmp-baseUbuntu

Fixed in:5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3USN-4471-1

libsnmp-perlUbuntu

Fixed in:5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3USN-4471-1

libsnmp30Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5USN-4471-1

libsnmp35Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3USN-4471-1

net-snmpUbuntu

Fixed in:5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3USN-4471-1

snmpdUbuntu

Fixed in:5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5USN-4471-1

Fixed in:5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3USN-4471-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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