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CVE-2018-11319 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugs.debian.org/894736	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632f	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00036.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4261	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/894736	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632f	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00036.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4261	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
syntastic project syntastic	<= 3.9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:syntastic_project:syntastic::::::vim::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Mar 29, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 28, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 27, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]