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Vim / Gvim Modelines Command Execution Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13490
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Release Date:
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2004-12-16
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Popularity:
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13,018 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | GVim 6.x
Vim 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1138
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Description:
Ciaran McCreesh has reported some vulnerabilities in vim and gvim, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to some errors in the modelines options. This can be exploited to execute shell commands when a malicious file is opened.
Successful exploitation can lead to escalated privileges but requires that modelines is enabled.
Solution:
Apply patch for vim 6.3:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.045
Provided and/or discovered by:
Ciaran McCreesh
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-10.xml
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