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Secunia Advisory SA13490

Vim / Gvim Modelines Command Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory SA13490
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Release Date 2004-12-16
   
Popularity 15,499 views
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Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact Privilege escalation
Where Local system
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI
Automated scanning Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI
   
Software:
GVim 6.x
Vim 6.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2004-1138 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

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:
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
Ciaran McCreesh

Original Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-10.xml

Deep Links
Links available in Customer Area


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