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CVE-2002-1377
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2002-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16
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.
Affected products
- Vim Development Group Vim: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 (+5)
References
- 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
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000812
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html
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