PT-2020-3581
CVE-2020-15861
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Published
2020-07-31
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Updated
2025-12-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Net-SNMP versions prior to 5.7.3
Description
The issue allows for Escalation of Privileges due to the following of UNIX symbolic links (symlinks). This can potentially enable a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 5.7.3, update to version 5.7.3 or later to resolve the issue.
At the moment, there is no information about additional mitigation measures for this vulnerability.
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