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GHSA-MFRP-422X-34QV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:26 – Updated: 2025-12-03 21:30

Details

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

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

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  "published": "2022-05-24T17:26:14Z",
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CVE-2020-15861 (GCVE-0-2020-15861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-19 18:28 – Updated: 2025-12-03 18:23

Summary

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

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

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	https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
	https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2020090…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2020-15861 (GCVE-0-2020-15861)

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