VIM up to 6.3.044 printd privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in VIM up to 6.3.044. This impacts an unknown function of the component printd. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1138. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VIM up to 6.3.044 (Word Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component printd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VIM before 6.3 and gVim before 6.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a file containing a crafted modeline that is executed when the file is viewed using options such as (1) termcap, (2) printdevice, (3) titleold, (4) filetype, (5) syntax, (6) backupext, (7) keymap, (8) patchmode, or (9) langmenu.

The bug was discovered 12/15/2004. The weakness was shared 01/10/2005 by Ciaran McCreesh (Website). The advisory is available at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1138 since 12/06/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20670 (Ubuntu 4.10 : vim vulnerability (USN-52-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 6.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18503), Tenable (20670), SecurityFocus (BID 11941†), OSVDB (12420†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6837†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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
• 6.2
• 6.3.011
• 6.3.025
• 6.3.030
• 6.3.044

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 20670
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 4.10 : vim vulnerability (USN-52-1)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 52250
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: vim, vim-lite, vim+ruby
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: VIM 6.3

Timelineinfo

12/06/2004 🔍
12/15/2004 +9 days 🔍
12/15/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/15/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/23/2004 +8 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +18 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +0 days 🔍
01/18/2005 +8 days 🔍
01/15/2006 +362 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3341 days 🔍
05/29/2019 +1541 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Ciaran McCreesh
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1138 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23714

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 18503
SecurityFocus: 11941 - Vim Modelines Arbitrary Command Execution Variant Vulnerability
OSVDB: 12420 - Vim modeline gain privileges
Vulnerability Center: 6837 - VIM Development Group VIM 5.0 - 6.3 .044 Allows Code Execution via Text File, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 05/29/2019 11:51
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (71), 05/29/2019 11:51 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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