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A vulnerability was found in net-snmp on OpenBSD. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file snmpd.conf of the component Permission. This manipulation causes information disclosure (Credentials). This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-8100. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in net-snmp on OpenBSD (Network Management Software) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file snmpd.conf of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Credentials). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The net-snmp package in OpenBSD through 5.8 uses 0644 permissions for snmpd.conf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive community information by reading this file.

The weakness was published 11/10/2015 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8100 since 11/09/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (107941). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Network Management Software

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• net-snmp

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• open-source

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