CVE-2008-3294

Published Jul 24, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
src/configure.in in Vim 5.0 through 7.1, when used for a build with Python support, does not ensure that the Makefile-conf temporary file has the intended ownership and permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying this file during a time window, or by creating it ahead of time with permissions that prevent its modification by configure.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.7
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-94

Vendor comments

  • Red HatThis issue can only be exploited during the package build and it does not affect users of pre-built packages distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Therefore, we do not plan to backport a fix for this issue to already released version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.

Configurations