CVE-2018-10900
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—💥 Exploit
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.92%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 90
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Módulo de Metasploit (exploit fiable y al alcance de cualquiera) · Network Manager VPNC Username Privilege Escalation
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · Network Manager VPNC 1.2.6 - 'Username' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (31/8/2018)
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-78
- CWE-78
Referencias
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
JSON original (NVD)
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