Description
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
Published: 2020-08-19
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2313-1 net-snmp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4746-1 net-snmp security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-7842 Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4471-1 Net-SNMP vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Net-snmp Net-snmp
Netapp Cloud Backup Smi-s Provider Solidfire \& Hci Management Node
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-03T18:23:52.736Z

Reserved: 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-15861

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:30:22.498Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-20T01:17:13.837

Modified: 2025-12-03T19:15:51.413

Link: CVE-2020-15861

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-15861 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses