Symlink Attack The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package net-snmp (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published8 May 2025
- disclosed20 Aug 2020
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 20 Aug 2020
CVE-2020-15861 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
This was deemed not a vulnerability.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack. Net-SNMP through 5.7.3 allows Escalation of Privileges because of UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following.