Networkmanager: networkmanager: local privilege escalation via malformed mud urls in dhclient backend
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
A flaw was found in NetworkManager. This local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in NetworkManager's dhclient backend when processing malformed Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) URLs. A local user can exploit this flaw to escalate privileges by triggering a script via a crafted MUD URL, provided an administrator has explicitly configured NetworkManager to use dhclient. This issue does not affect default configurations of NetworkManager.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- multicluster-engine/cluster-api-provider-aws-rhel9
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- NetworkManager
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- networkmanager
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- NetworkManager
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- openshift4/kubernetes-nmstate-rhel8-operator
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- openshift4/kubernetes-nmstate-rhel9-operator
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- openshift4/ose-aws-cluster-api-controllers-rhel8
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- openshift4/ose-aws-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9
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- openshift4/ose-kubernetes-nmstate-handler-rhel8
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- openshift4/ose-kubernetes-nmstate-handler-rhel9
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- openshift4/ose-ovn-kubernetes-microshift-rhel9
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- openshift4/ose-ovn-kubernetes-rhel9
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- redhat-user-workloads/art-images
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