CVE-2020-16995

Network Watcher Agent Virtual Machine Extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute code with elevated privileges.</p>

<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to be present as a user on the affected virtual machine.</p>

<p>The security update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux executes with elevated privileges.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00983 · 62.0th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:18Z
    Network Watcher Agent Virtual Machine Extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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