5.3
CVSSv3

CVE-2019-20807

Published: 28/05/2020 Updated: 01/09/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.3 | Impact Score: 3.4 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

In Vim prior to 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Lua).

Vulnerability Trend

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debian debian linux 9.0

opensuse leap 15.1

canonical ubuntu linux 18.04

canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

apple mac os x 10.13.6

apple mac os x 10.14.6

starwindsoftware command center 2

starwindsoftware san \\& nas 1.0

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: vim security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which give ...
Synopsis Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 46 compliance-operator security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for compliance-content-container, ose-compliance-openscap-container, ose-compliance-operator-container, and ose-compliance-operator-metadata-container ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Quay v333 bug fix and security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Red Hat Quay v333 is now available with bug fixes and security updatesRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Synopsis Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 46 compliance-operator security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for compliance-content-container, ose-compliance-openscap-container, ose-compliance-operator-container, and ose-compliance-operator-metadata-container ...
Synopsis Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 4103 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4103 is now available withupdates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancementsRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 460 security, bug fix, enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated images are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 460 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as ha ...
Synopsis Important: Service Telemetry Framework 14 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update is now available for Service Telemetry Framework 14 for RHEL 8Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which g ...
A flaw was found in vim in the restricted mode, where all commands that make use of external shells are disabled However, it was found that users could still execute some arbitrary OS commands in the restricted mode This flaw was fixed by filtering the functions that can call OS commands Interfaces such as Python, Ruby, and Lua, are also disable ...

Mailing Lists

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