CVE-2020-15862 — Improper Privilege Management in Net-snmp

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege ManagementCWE-250 — Execution with Unnecessary Privileges10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Net-snmpCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 20
Latest updateMay 24

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDnet-snmp/net-snmp< 5.8.1
▶Debiannet-snmp/net-snmp< 5.8+dfsg-4+3
▶Ubuntunet-snmp/net-snmp< 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: salsa.debian.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-wfc4-c3m6-rrjc: Net-SNMP through 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
net-snmp regression↗2020-09-01
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OSV
net-snmp vulnerabilities↗2020-08-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-15862: Net-SNMP through 5↗2020-08-20
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CVEList
CVE-2020-15862: Net-SNMP through 5↗2020-08-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
net-snmp: Improper Privilege Management in EXTEND MIB may lead to privileged commands execution↗2020-08-25
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Ubuntu
Net-SNMP vulnerabilities↗2020-08-24
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Debian
CVE-2020-15862: net-snmp - Net-SNMP through 5.8 has Improper Privilege Management because SNMP WRITE access...↗2020
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15862 net-snmp: Improper Privilege Management in EXTEND MIB may lead to privileged commands execution↗2020-08-27
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