CVE-2011-3364

NetworkManager: Console user can escalate to root via newlines in ifcfg-rh connection name

Severity Score

6.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file.

Vulnerabilidad de lista negra incompleta en la función svEscape en el fichero settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c del complemento ifcfg-rh para GNOME NetworkManager v0.9.1, v0.9.0, v0.8.1 y posiblemente otras versiones, cuando PolicyKit esta configurado para permitir a los usuarios crear nuevas conexiones, permite a usuarios locales ejecutar comandos de su elección a través de un carácter de nueva línea en el nombre de una nueva conexión de red, el cual no correctamente tratado al escribir en el fichero ifcfg.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-08-30 CVE Reserved
2011-09-27 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation	2024-08-06
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html	2012-01-19
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171	2012-01-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html	2012-01-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3364	2011-09-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnome Search vendor "Gnome"		Ifcfg-rh Plug-in Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Ifcfg-rh Plug-in"				*		-		Affected
Gnome Search vendor "Gnome"		Networkmanager Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Networkmanager"				0.8.1 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Networkmanager" and version "0.8.1"		-		Safe
Gnome Search vendor "Gnome"		Networkmanager Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Networkmanager"				0.9.0 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Networkmanager" and version "0.9.0"		-		Safe
Gnome Search vendor "Gnome"		Networkmanager Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Networkmanager"				0.9.1 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Networkmanager" and version "0.9.1"		-		Safe