CVE-2018-10900

2018-07-2615:00:00

CWE-78

redhat

www.cve.org

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.5%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "networkmanager-vpnc",
    "vendor": "[UNKNOWN]",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "NetworkManager-vpnc 1.2.6"
      }
    ]
  }
]