CVE-2002-1377

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1377
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-23 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionvim 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.0 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.1 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.2 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.3 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.4 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.5 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.6 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.7 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 5.8 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 6.0 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'OpenLinux: vim arbitrary commands execution through modelines' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
VIM ModeLines Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
# 55700, Free Sun Alert Notifications af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
Some vim problems, yet still vim much better than windows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.guninski.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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