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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.975Z

Reserved: 2002-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1377

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:30:11.987

Link: CVE-2002-1377

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1377 - Bugzilla