CVE-2002-1377 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000812 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108077992208690&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55700 http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:012 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-297.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6384 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10835