CVE-2018-11319

CVSS V2 High 8.5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-11319
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-20T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:syntastic_project:syntastic:*:*:*:*:*:vim:*:* 1 OR 3.9.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 8.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.6
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/894736 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4261 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11319
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11319
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:31:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 06:28:29 2018-05-20T20:29Z 2018-05-20T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 06:28:29 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 06:28:29 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated