Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2016-1248

Disclosure Date: November 23, 2016
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Description

vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the ‘filetype’, ‘syntax’ and ‘keymap’ options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • debian,
  • vim

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • vim
Technical Analysis