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.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

5.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92th percentile

Published

2018-07-26

Updated

2024-08-05

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/network_manager_vpnc…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-10882
• CVE-2018-10906
• CVE-2018-10881
• CVE-2018-10915
• CVE-2018-10880
• CVE-2018-10920