CVE-2005-2368 Command injection in n/a
Critical 9.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2368 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-2368 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2368 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2368/index.md)
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via malicious fold expressions in Vim when modelines are enabled, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2368?
CVE-2005-2368 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
vim 6.3 before 6.3.082, with modelines enabled, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) glob or (2) expand commands of a foldexpr expression for calculating fold levels.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2368?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.4 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.40E.7 |
Products include Vim Development Group Vim.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2368?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2005-2368 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2368 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2368, DTSA-12-1, GHSA-w427-f3fp-6x6x, RHSA-2005:745.