CVE-2001-0408

CVE-2001-0408 affects Vim (gvim); a crafted file containing VIM control codes can cause arbitrary commands to execute when opening the file. The root cause is Vim interpreting embedded control codes, enabled by the status line option in .vimrc, allowing code execution as the user. Mandrake adviso...

CVE-2001-0408: Undefined Security Weakness

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...