PT-2002-2292 · Vim · Vim

Published 2002-12-23 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2002-1377

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vim versions 6.0 through 6.1

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in modelines. Modelines are not sandboxed and may be executed when vim is used to edit a malicious file. This has been demonstrated using mutt.

Recommendations For versions 6.0 and 6.1, consider disabling the libcall feature in modelines as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to potentially malicious files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1377

Affected Products

Vim

References · 14

• http://guninski.com/vim1.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1377 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:012 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55700 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1377 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-297.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1377 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1377 · Security Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108077992208690&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6384 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10835 · Note