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CVE-2002-1377

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
23/12/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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