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PUBLISHED DATE: December 23, 2002CVE-2002-1377:
vim 6.0 and 6.1,...

CVSS:
4.6
EPSS:
7.70%
Exploitability:
3.9
In KEV:
No
Description

vim 6.0 and 6.1, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in modelines, which are not sandboxed but may be executed when vim is used to edit a malicious file, as demonstrated using mutt.

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