CVE-2018-10900

2018-07-2600:00:00

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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.

Bugs

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchnetwork-manager-vpnc< 1.2.4-6ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchnetwork-manager-vpnc< 0.9.8.6-1ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchnetwork-manager-vpnc< 1.1.93-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	network-manager-vpnc	< 1.2.4-6ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	network-manager-vpnc	< 0.9.8.6-1ubuntu2.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	network-manager-vpnc	< 1.1.93-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN