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CVE-2018-10900

HIGH
Published 2018-07-26T15:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
8.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.061
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 6.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.903
Higher than 90.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

networkmanager-vpnc

Affected Versions:

NetworkManager-vpnc 1.2.6

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-6cmp-3578-qc4p

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10900
WEB https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
WEB https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
WEB https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
WEB https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
Published: 2018-07-26T15:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T07:54:36.169Z
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