CVE-2004-1138 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110313588125609&w=2 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-10.xml http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-010.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-036.html https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2343 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18503 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9571