CVE-2005-2368

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

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.

Affected products

Vim Development Group Vim: 6.3, 6.3.011, 6.3.025, 6.3.030, 6.3.044, 6.3.081

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-July/035402.html
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_5.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-745.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14374
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11302
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-July/035402.html
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_5.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-745.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14374
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11302

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