CVE-2018-10900

2018-07-2615:29:00

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

CVSS2

7.2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12allnetwork-manager-vpnc< 1.2.6-1network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb
Debian11allnetwork-manager-vpnc< 1.2.6-1network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb
Debian999allnetwork-manager-vpnc< 1.2.6-1network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb
Debian13allnetwork-manager-vpnc< 1.2.6-1network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	network-manager-vpnc	< 1.2.6-1	network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb
Debian	11	all	network-manager-vpnc	< 1.2.6-1	network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb
Debian	999	all	network-manager-vpnc	< 1.2.6-1	network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb
Debian	13	all	network-manager-vpnc	< 1.2.6-1	network-manager-vpnc_1.2.6-1_all.deb