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CVE-2018-10900

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.

Published

2018-07-26T15:29:00.450

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:42:15.450

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-78
Type: Primary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnome	network_manager_vpnc	< 1.2.6	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4 Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4 Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)