Vulnerability CVE-2002-1377
Published: 2002-12-23   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Vim development group -> VIM 

 References:
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000812
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108077992208690&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55700
http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:012
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-297.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6384
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10835
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