High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10900
CVE-2018-10900
Description
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.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.2.6
- Range: <1.2.6
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/NetworkManager-vpnc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/NetworkManager-vpnc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 1.0.8-8.4.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.8-8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.8-8.4.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-PrivescnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.newsnvdThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253nvdThird Party Advisory
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