CVE-2018-10900

HIGH

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published7/26/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxgnome:network_manager_vpnc

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78CWE-78

References

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147(secalert@redhat.com)

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

https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news(secalert@redhat.com)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc(secalert@redhat.com)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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