cve/2009/CVE-2009-0316.md

CVE-2009-0316

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.

POC

Reference

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484305
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493937
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481565

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.