CVE-2018-11319

published 2018-05-20

CVE-2018-11319: Syntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory up to potentially the…

Priority P3 45 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC H PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Syntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory up to potentially the root). This improper handling might be exploited for arbitrary code execution via a malicious gcc plugin, if an attacker has write access to a directory that is a parent of the base directory of the project being checked. NOTE: exploitation is more difficult after 3.8.0 because filename prediction may be needed.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	vim-syntastic	< vim-syntastic 3.9.0-1 (bookworm)	vim-syntastic 3.9.0-1 (bookworm)
syntastic_project	syntastic	<= 3.9.0	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 8.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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