CVE-2018-10900
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Jul 26, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- May 9, 2018
Description
Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
networkmanager-vpnc[UNKNOWN] |
|
References
- DSA-4253vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201808-03vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180731 [SECURITY] [DLA 1454-1] network-manager-vpnc security updatemailing-list
- 45313exploit
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
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