PT-2005-3283 · Vim+1 · Vim+1

Georgi Guninski · Published 2005-07-26 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-2368

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vim versions 6.3 before 6.3.082

Description The issue allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) glob or (2) expand commands of a foldexpr expression for calculating fold levels, when modelines are enabled.

Recommendations For vim versions 6.3 before 6.3.082, update to version 6.3.082 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling modelines to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2368

DTSA-12-1

RHSA-2005:745

RHSA-2005_745

Affected Products

Red Hat

Vim

References · 11

• 🔥 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-July/035402.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_5.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2368 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2368 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-745.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2368 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2368 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14374 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-745.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11302 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2368.html · Note