VDB
CVE-2018-10900
CVE-2018-10900
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 14.68% · 94.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
14.68%
94.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | network-manager-vpnc | 0, 0.9.8.2-1ubuntu1, 0.9.8.6-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | network-manager-vpnc | 1.2.4-6, 0, 1.2.4-4 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | network-manager-vpnc | 0, 0.9.10.0-1ubuntu1, 1.0.8-1ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc (nist-nvd)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/ (nist-nvd)
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147 (nist-nvd)
- CIRCL exploited: CVE-2018-10900 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2018-10900 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2018-10900 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2018-10900 (circl-sighting)
- GLSA-201808-03 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900 (circl)
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news (circl)
…and 7 more exploits
Timeline
- Jul 24, 2018 PoC Published
- Jul 26, 2018 CVE Published
- Aug 30, 2018 PoC Published
- Aug 31, 2018 PoC Published
- Aug 31, 2018 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Sep 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Sep 16, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10900 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/20 third-party-advisory
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10900 third-party-advisory