CVE-2020-15862
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.12%net-snmp - security update
Published: 8/20/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/net-snmpfrom 0, < 5.8+dfsg-4
- Debian/net-snmpfrom 0, < 5.7.3+dfsg-1.7+deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |