high7.8
CVE-2020-16995
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Network Watcher Agent virtual machine extension for Linux.
Impact
<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>
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Network Watcher Agent | All versions |