CVE-2020-16995 Network Watcher Agent Virtual Machine Extension for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker with local user access can exploit this vulnerability to execute code with elevated privileges on Linux virtual machines using the Network Watcher Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-16995?
CVE-2020-16995 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux, published on 16 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
<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>
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16995?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Network Watcher Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16995?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16995 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-16995 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16995 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x396-jhp4-w26w.