CVE-2018-11319

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
20/05/2018
Last modified:
03/10/2019

Description

Syntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory up to potentially the root). This improper handling might be exploited for arbitrary code execution via a malicious gcc plugin, if an attacker has write access to a directory that is a parent of the base directory of the project being checked. NOTE: exploitation is more difficult after 3.8.0 because filename prediction may be needed.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:syntastic_project:syntastic:*:*:*:*:*:vim:*:* 3.9.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*