CVE-2020-15862
net-snmp: Improper Privilege Management in EXTEND MIB may lead to privileged commands execution
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Net-SNMP versiones hasta 5.7.3, presenta una Administración de Privilegios Inapropiada porque el acceso de SNMP WRITE en el EXTEND MIB provee la capacidad de ejecutar comandos arbitrarios como root.
A flaw was found in Net-SNMP through version 5.73, where an Improper Privilege Management issue occurs due to SNMP WRITE access to the EXTEND MIB allows running arbitrary commands as root. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2020-07-20 CVE Reserved
- 2020-08-19 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
References (9)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 | 2023-11-22 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1 | 2023-11-22 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15862 | 2021-02-16 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1873038 | 2021-02-16 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" | Net-snmp Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" | < 5.8.1 Search vendor "Net-snmp" for product "Net-snmp" and version " < 5.8.1" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 20.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "20.04" | lts |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Cloud Backup Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cloud Backup" | - | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Hci Management Node Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Hci Management Node" | - | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Smi-s Provider Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Smi-s Provider" | - | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Solidfire Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Solidfire" | - | - |
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