What is CVE-2020-24361?

CVE-2020-24361 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Snmptt, classified under Improper Check for Dropped Privileges. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-24361?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Snmptt

CVE-2020-24361

SNMPTT before 1.4.2 allows attackers to execute shell code via EXEC, PREXEC, or unknown_trap_exec.

Published 2020-08-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Snmptt
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-273 — Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-63 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.snmptt.org/changelog.shtml (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00006.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24361?: CVE-2020-24361 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Snmptt, classified under Improper Check for Dropped Privileges. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-24361?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.