CVE-2020-15862
Net-SNMP Improper Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 20, 2020, 1:17 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 5:06 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
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CVE-2020-15862 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166 Added Reference https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205 Added Reference https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ Added Reference https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 22, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description 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. 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. -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.7.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.8.1 Changed CPE Configuration 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:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 04, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 04, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 01, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 27, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205 No Types Assigned https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e No Types Assigned https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.7.3
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-15862 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-15862
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12065
percentile