CVE-2020-15861

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.46% (39th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

56 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59US

affected products (56)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Broadcom Brocade Switchall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:brocade:switch:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell PowerProtect Data Domainall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:powerprotect_data_domain:-
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain <7.10.1.50all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain <7.10.1.70all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain <7.13.1.20all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain <7.13.1.40all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain <8.3.0.0all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain <8.3.1.10all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain <8.4.0.0all versionscert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Centerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:powerprotect_data_domain_management_center:-
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain OSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:dell:powerprotect_data_domain_os:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
HPE Switchall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:switch:-
Open Source CentOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:centos:centos:-
Open Source Net-SNMPall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:net-snmp:net-snmp:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Oracle VMall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:vm:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1969HPE Fabric OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-08-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in HPE Fabric OS für HPE Fibre Channel und SAN Switches ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-2045Net-SNMP: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2020-08-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Net-SNMP ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-1591Juniper JUNOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-07-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Juniper JUNOS ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, Informationen offenzulegen, Privilegien zu erweitern und Sicherheitsmechanismen inklusive zu umgehen.
WID-SEC-W-2025-0225Dell PowerProtect Data Domain: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-01-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain ausnutzen, um erhöhte Rechte zu erlangen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen und einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-08-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (29)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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