ArchLinuxASA-201707-22[ASA-201707-22] vim: arbitrary code execution
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
48.5%
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201707-22
Severity: High
Date : 2017-07-18
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-11109
Package : vim
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-347
Summary
The package vim before version 8.0.0722-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.
Resolution
Upgrade to 8.0.0722-1.
pacman -Syu “vim>=8.0.0722-1”
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 8.0.0722.
Workaround
None.
Description
Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or
possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S)
file.
Impact
An attacker is able to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user to
locally execute a specially crafted vim source file.
References
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54773
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492
https://www.mail-archive.com/vim_dev%40googlegroups.com/msg45274.html
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-11109
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
48.5%