VIM up to 6.1 libcall privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VIM up to 6.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component libcall. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2002-1377. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VIM up to 6.1 (Word Processing Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component libcall. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 12/11/2002. The weakness was published 12/23/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1377. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13997 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDKSA-2003:012)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10835), Tenable (13997), SecurityFocus (BID 6384†), OSVDB (8648†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15104†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Word Processing Software

Name

• VIM

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 6.0
• 6.1

License

• open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 13997
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDKSA-2003:012)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/11/2002 🔍
12/12/2002 +1 days 🔍
12/23/2002 +11 days 🔍
12/23/2002 +0 days 🔍
12/23/2002 +0 days 🔍
02/03/2003 +42 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +544 days 🔍
05/15/2007 +1018 days 🔍
07/31/2014 +2634 days 🔍
07/19/2019 +1814 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1377 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1377
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19255
X-Force: 10835
SecurityFocus: 6384 - VIM ModeLines Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8648 - VIM text file modelines could be used to execute commands
Vulnerability Center: 15104 - Vim 6.2 and earlier Commands Execution Using the Libcall Feature, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2014 21:56
Updated: 07/19/2019 09:18
Changes: 07/31/2014 21:56 (67), 07/19/2019 09:18 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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