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CVE-2020-28251

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

• Netscout Airmagnet Enterprise: through 11.1.4

References

• https://www.netscout.com/products
• https://www.netscout.com/securityadvisories
• https://www.netscout.com/products
• https://www.netscout.com/securityadvisories

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