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CVE-2020-15861 Net-SNMP

Affected softwareNet-SNMP
Severity7.8 High CVSS 3.1 3 scores
WeaknessCWE-59
Published20 Aug 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.46% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.8 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary
CVSS 2.0 7.2 none AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

5 products, 9 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd canonical ubuntu linux generic 12.04 · 14.04 · 16.04 · 18.04 · 20.04
nvd net-snmp net-snmp generic ≤ 5.7.3
nvd netapp cloud backup generic any version
nvd netapp smi-s provider generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire \& hci management node generic any version

References

URLTags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966599 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/commit/4fd9a450444a434a993bc72f7c3486ccce41f602 Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/145 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200904-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4471-1/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2020-08-20By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.