High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15861
CVE-2020-15861
Description
Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.
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Affected products
11- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- Net-SNMP/Net-SNMPdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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