Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.044
EPSS Ranking 88.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
Products affected by CVE-2018-10900
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.8.6
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.9.10
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.9.6
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:0.9.8
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0