Overview
- 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.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 8.8
- Impact score
- 6
- Exploitability score
- 2
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[ { "nodes": [ { "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D4988E91-3A00-4D2B-B9B0-98D63E7613A9", "versionEndExcluding": "1.2.6" } ], "operator": "OR" } ] }, { "nodes": [ { "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C11E6FB0-C8C0-4527-9AA0-CB9B316F8F43" }, { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DEECE5FC-CACF-4496-A3E7-164736409252" } ], "operator": "OR" } ] } ]