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CVE-2004-1138

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-01-06 vim -- vulnerabilities in modeline handling

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2004-1138
Phase Assigned(20041206)

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.

References

Source Reference
OPENPKG OpenPKG-SA-2004.052
FEDORA FLSA:2343
GENTOO GLSA-200412-10
REDHAT RHSA-2005:010
REDHAT RHSA-2005:036
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9571
XF vim-modeline-gain-privileges(18503)