FKIE_CVE-2018-10900
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-26 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:34
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | network_manager_vpnc | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
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