CVE-2020-16995 — Network Watcher Agent Virtual Machine Extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could e…
Published: 2020-10-16 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
<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>
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7