CVE-2018-10900

Published: Jul 26, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

gnome

oss-project·USaka glib, gnome project

network manager vpnc

Consumer Software

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

[UNKNOWN]

networkmanager-vpncOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

Exploitability

3 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

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References

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147

bugzilla.novell.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900

bugzilla.redhat.com

https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news

download.gnome.org

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