Your Linux Can Get Hacked Just by Opening a File in Vim or Neovim Editor

Linux users, beware! If you haven't recently updated your Linux operating system, especially the command-line text editor utility, do not even try to view the content of a file using Vim or Neovim. Security researcher Armin Razmjou recently discovered a high-severity arbitrary OS command executio...

CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

ALPINE-CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

CVE-2019-12735: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assertfails or nviminput in Neovim...

Arbitrary Code Execution

vim is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution attacks. The vulnerability exists as 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 open...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Vim vulnerability (K22183127)

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. CVE-2016-1248 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Updated vim packages fix security vulnerabilities

Florian Larysch and Bram Moolenaar discovered that vim, an enhanced vi editor, 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 CVE-2016-1248. A...

EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2017-1034)

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline options were treated. An attacker could craft a file that, when opened in vim with modelin...

GLSA-201701-29 : Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-29 Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code Vim and gVim do not properly validate values for the filetype, syntax, and keymap options. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file usi...

Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code

Background Vim is an efficient, highly configurable improved version of the classic ‘vi’ text editor. gVim is the GUI version of Vim. Description Vim and gVim do not properly validate values for the ‘filetype’, ‘syntax’, and ‘keymap’ options. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a...

Vim modelines Remote Command Execution (CVE-2016-1248)

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the modeline component of Vim due to insufficient input validation when parsing the filetype, syntax, and keymap options in modelines. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a file containing a...

FreeBSD : vim -- arbitrary command execution (c11629d3-c8ad-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)

Mitre reports : 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. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

vim security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2972 An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which...