CVE-2020-16995 (GCVE-0-2020-16995)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-16 22:18
Modified
2024-08-04 13:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - 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
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Summary
<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>
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux Version: 0   < publication
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:network_watcher_agent:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
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