Vulnerability CVE-2020-16995


Published: 2020-10-16   Modified: 2020-10-17

Description:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux, aka 'Network Watcher Agent Virtual Machine Extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Type:

CWE-269

(Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Network watcher agent 

 References:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16995

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