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CVE-2002-1377
vim 6.0 and 6.1, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in modelines, which…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.47%
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 6384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:302 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.guninski.com/vim1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20021213 Some vim problems, yet still vim much better than windows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:297 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 55700 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- CLA-2004:812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20040331 OpenLinux: vim arbitrary commands execution through modelines (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- vim-modeline-command-execution(10835) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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