CVE-2018-10900

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.

• CWE-78
• CWE-78

• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.newsThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-PrivescExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.newsThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-PrivescExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Jul 26, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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