vim up to 6.3.081 os command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in vim up to 6.3.081. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2368. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in vim up to 6.3.081 (Word Processing Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

vim 6.3 before 6.3.082, with modelines enabled, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) glob or (2) expand commands of a foldexpr expression for calculating fold levels.

The bug was discovered 07/26/2005. The weakness was published 07/26/2005 by Georgi Guninski (Website). The advisory is shared for download at guninski.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2368 since 07/26/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD (estimation calculated on 06/30/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19489 (RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : vim (RHSA-2005:745)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117834 (CentOS Security Update for VIM (CESA-2005:745)).

Upgrading to version 6.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21563), Tenable (19489), SecurityFocus (BID 14374†), OSVDB (18266†) and Secunia (SA16206†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Os command injection
CWE: CWE-78 / CWE-77 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 19489
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : vim (RHSA-2005:745)
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OpenVAS ID: 54464
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: vim, vim-lite, vim+ruby
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vim 6.3

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03/11/2015 +3487 days 🔍
06/30/2025 +3764 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: guninski.com
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2368 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2368
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25860

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X-Force: 21563
SecurityFocus: 14374 - Vim ModeLines Further Variant Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16206
OSVDB: 18266 - CVE-2005-2368 - Vim - Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8865 - VIM Command Execution via Metalines in the glob() and expend() Functions, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/30/2025 05:52
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (73), 06/08/2019 09:28 (5), 06/30/2025 05:52 (20)
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