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CVE-2018-10900

Published: Jul 26, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

[UNKNOWN]

networkmanager-vpnc

affected
NetworkManager-vpnc 1.2.6

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

DSA-4253
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
GLSA-201808-03
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
45313
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

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