{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T10:00:31+00:00","cve":"CVE-2018-10900","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2018-10900","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2018-10900.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10900","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10900"},"summary":{"title":"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.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"secalert@redhat.com","published_at":"2018-07-26 15:29:00","updated_at":"2020-12-04 18:15:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-78"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03","name":"GLSA-201808-03","refsource":"GENTOO","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"NetworkManager VPNC plugin: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201808-03) — Gentoo security","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253","name":"DSA-4253","refsource":"DEBIAN","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4253-1 network-manager-vpnc","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4","name":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","Vendor Advisory"],"title":"service: disallow newlinies in configuration values (CVE-2018-10900) (07ac18a3) · Commits · GNOME / NetworkManager-vpnc · GitLab","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/","name":"45313","refsource":"EXPLOIT-DB","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"title":"Network Manager VPNC 1.2.6 - 'Username' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) - Linux local Exploit","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147","name":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"Bug 1101147 – VUL-0: CVE-2018-10900: NetworkManager-vpnc: local privilege escalation","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html","name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20180731 [SECURITY] [DLA 1454-1] network-manager-vpnc security update","refsource":"MLIST","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"[SECURITY] [DLA 1454-1] network-manager-vpnc security update","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc","name":"https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc","refsource":"MISC","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"Network Manager VPNC - Privilege Escalation (CVE-2018-10900)","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900","name":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"1605919 – (CVE-2018-10900) CVE-2018-10900 NetworkManager-vpnc: privilege escalation allows to execute arbitrary commands as root","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news","name":"https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Third Party Advisory","Vendor Advisory"],"title":"","mime":"text/plain","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10900","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10900","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"10900","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"debian","cpe5":"debian_linux","cpe6":"8.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"10900","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"debian","cpe5":"debian_linux","cpe6":"9.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"10900","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"debian","cpe5":"debian_linux","cpe6":"8.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"10900","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"debian","cpe5":"debian_linux","cpe6":"9.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"10900","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"gnome","cpe5":"network_manager_vpnc","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"10900","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"gnome","cpe5":"network_manager_vpnc","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[{"cve":"CVE-2018-10900","qid":"710253","title":"Gentoo Linux NetworkManager Virtual Private NetworkC plugin Privilege escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201808-03)"}]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"secalert@redhat.com","ID":"CVE-2018-10900","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"networkmanager-vpnc","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"NetworkManager-vpnc 1.2.6"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"[UNKNOWN]"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"impact":{"cvss":[[{"vectorString":"8.8/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"}]]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"CWE-78"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"DSA-4253","refsource":"DEBIAN","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253"},{"name":"GLSA-201808-03","refsource":"GENTOO","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03"},{"name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20180731 [SECURITY] [DLA 1454-1] network-manager-vpnc security update","refsource":"MLIST","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html"},{"name":"45313","refsource":"EXPLOIT-DB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/"},{"name":"https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc","refsource":"MISC","url":"https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc"},{"name":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4"},{"name":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147"},{"name":"https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news"},{"name":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900"}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2018-07-26 15:29:00","lastModifiedDate":"2020-12-04 18:15:00","problem_types":["CWE-78"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":5.9},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE","baseScore":7.2},"severity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":10,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"1.2.6","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"10900","Ordinal":"127352","Title":"CVE-2018-10900","CVE":"CVE-2018-10900","Year":"2018"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"10900","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"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.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"10900","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2018-07-26","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"10900","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2020-12-04","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}