CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900 Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-26 03:29

Updated : 2020-12-04 06:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-10900

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10900

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-78