Vulnerability in Vim Development Group
CVE-2002-1377
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Vim Development Group — versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6384 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.guninski.com/vim1.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-297.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10835 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2002-1377?
- CVE-2002-1377 is a vulnerability in Vim Development Group. Published 2002-12-23.
- Is CVE-2002-1377 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.