CVE-2020-15861

2020-08-0600:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.3%

JSON

Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX
symbolic link (symlink) following.

Bugs

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchnet-snmp< 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchnet-snmp< 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchnet-snmp< 5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchnet-snmp< 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	net-snmp	< 5.7.3+dfsg-1.8ubuntu3.5	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	net-snmp	< 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	net-snmp	< 5.7.2~dfsg-8.1ubuntu3.3+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	net-snmp	< 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5	UNKNOWN