Description
vim 6.0 and 6.1, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in modelines, which are not sandboxed but may be executed when vim is used to edit a malicious file, as demonstrated using mutt.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6384 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html ↗
- http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html ↗
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-297.html ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55700 ↗
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000812 ↗
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:012 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108077992208690&w=2 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10835 ↗