CVE-2020-16995: Network Watcher Agent Virtual Machine Extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2020-Oct
Released
2020-10-13
EPSS Score
0.48% (percentile: 65.1%)

Description

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. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to be present as a user on the affected virtual machine. The security update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux executes with elevated privileges.

FAQ

How do I get the security update for this vulnerability? Upgrade your VM extensions to get the security update. You can also uninstall and re-install the extension to get the security update.

Affected Products (1)

Other

  • 11799

Security Updates (1)

Acknowledgments

Paul Litvak

Revision History

  • 2020-10-13: Information published.