{ "data_version": "4.0", "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2020-16995", "ASSIGNER": "secure@microsoft.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "
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.
\nTo exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to be present as a user on the affected virtual machine.
\nThe security update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux executes with elevated privileges.
\n" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Elevation of Privilege" } ] } ] }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "Microsoft", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_affected": "<", "version_name": "0", "version_value": "publication" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16995", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16995" } ] }, "impact": { "cvss": [ { "version": "3.1", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "vectorString": "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" } ] } }