CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-10900
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
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.
Affected configurations
• gnome network manager vpnc (< 1.2.6)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4 Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4 Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry