GSD-2020-16995

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux, aka 'Network Watcher Agent Virtual Machine Extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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Aliases
CVE-2020-16995
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