7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
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.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-15862 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp cloud_backup
2 Netapp hci_management_node
3 Netapp solidfire
4 Netapp smi-s_provider
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Net-snmp net-snmp
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 6
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2020-15862 vulnerability.
Update the Nutanix AOS software to the recommended version. Before upgrading: if this cluster is registered with Prism Central, ensure that Prism Central has been upgraded first to a compatible version. Refer to the Software Product Interoperability page on the Nutanix portal.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-15862.

URL Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e 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://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=965166 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52e 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://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ Third Party Advisory
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 (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-15862 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-15862 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the 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.

  • 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
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.02%

score

0.24446

percentile