CVE-2018-10900
HIGHNetwork Manager VPNC Username Privilege Escalation
Title source: metasploitExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2018-10900.
PoCs published by Metasploit, Denis Andzakovic, bcoles, including Metasploit module exploits/linux/local/network_manager_vpnc_username_priv_esc.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a newline injection vulnerability in Network Manager VPNC plugin (CVE-2018-10900) to achieve local privilege escalation by injecting a 'Password helper' directive into the VPN configuration, which executes arbitrary code as root when the connection is started.
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.
Exploits (2)
This Metasploit module exploits a newline injection vulnerability in Network Manager VPNC plugin (CVE-2018-10900) to achieve local privilege escalation by injecting a 'Password helper' directive into the VPN configuration, which executes arbitrary code as root when the connection is started.
This Metasploit module exploits a newline injection vulnerability in Network Manager VPNC to escalate privileges to root by injecting a malicious 'Password helper' directive into the VPN configuration, which executes arbitrary code as root when the connection is started.
References (9)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H