VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-15862
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- net-snmp/net-snmp · canonical/ubuntu linux · netapp/cloud backup · netapp/hci management node · netapp/smi-s provider · netapp/solidfire
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=965166Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12Third 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=965166Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/77f6c60f57dba0aaea5d8ef1dd94bcd0c8e6d205Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/fad8725402752746daf0a751dcff19eb6aeab52ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15862Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.