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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2024-08-05T07:54:36.169Z

Reserved: 2018-05-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-10900

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-26T15:29:00.450

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:42:15.450

Link: CVE-2018-10900

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