CVE-2018-10900

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-10900
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-26T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-12-04T18:15:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.2.6
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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 Vendor 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 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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 VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10900
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10900
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:31:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:31:55 2018-07-26T15:29Z 2018-07-26T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 10:31:55 2020-12-04T18:15:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 10:31:55 Modified Vulnerability Status updated