CVE-2018-11319

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4261

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00036.html

https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170

https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632f

https://bugs.debian.org/894736

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-05-20

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High