Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0408 - Unspecified vulnerability in VIM Development Group VIM 5.7

047910
CVSS 5.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
high complexity
vim-development-group
nessus

Summary

vim (aka gvim) processes VIM control codes that are embedded in a file, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands when another user opens a file containing malicious VIM control codes.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Vim_Development_Group
1

Nessus

NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2001-035.NASL
descriptionUsers could embed malicious VIM control codes into a file, and as soon as any user opened that file in vim-enhanced or vim-X11 with the status line option enabled in .vimrc, the commands would be executed as that user.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id61908
published2012-09-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61908
titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDKSA-2001:035)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:035. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(61908);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0408");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2001:035");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDKSA-2001:035)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Users could embed malicious VIM control codes into a file, and as soon
as any user opened that file in vim-enhanced or vim-X11 with the
status line option enabled in .vimrc, the commands would be executed
as that user."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ctags");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-X11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-enhanced");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2001/03/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-X11-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-common-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-enhanced-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-minimal-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-X11-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-common-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-enhanced-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-minimal-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-X11-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-common-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-enhanced-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-minimal-5.7-8.3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ctags-3.5.1-8.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-X11-5.7-8.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-common-5.7-8.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-enhanced-5.7-8.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-minimal-5.7-8.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"ctags-3.5.1-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-X11-5.7-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-common-5.7-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-enhanced-5.7-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"vim-minimal-5.7-8.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2001:008