CVE-2009-0316 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-0316

Untrusted search path vulnerability in src/if_python.c in the Python interface...

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in src/if_python.c in the Python interface in Vim before 7.2.045 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983), as demonstrated by an erroneous search path for plugin/bike.vim in bicyclerepair.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vim
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0, 1.22, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 28th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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