CVE-2020-28251

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: December 3, 2020 at 04:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
7 products affected across 1 vendorAirmagnet EnterpriseSensor6-R2S1-ESensor4-R2S1-I

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

NETSCOUT AirMagnet Enterprise 11.1.4 build 37257 and earlier has a sensor escalated privileges vulnerability that can be exploited to provide someone with administrative access to a sensor, with credentials to invoke a command to provide root access to the operating system. The attacker must complete a straightforward password-cracking exercise.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 11.1.4
netscout-sensor4-r1s1w1-e (environment) · netscout-sensor4-r2s1-e (environment) · netscout-sensor4-r2s1-i (environment) · netscout-sensor6-r1s0w1-e (environment) · netscout-sensor6-r2s1-e (environment) · netscout-sensor6-r2s1-i (environment)
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Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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