CVE-2023-4736 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted Search Path in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1833.

Published: 2023-09-02

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

vim

vim/vim

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 9.0.1833

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54584	Untrusted Search Path in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1833.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0003.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/816fbcc262687b81fc46f82f7bbeb1453addfe0c
https://huntr.dev/bounties/e1ce0995-4df4-4dec-9cd7-3136ac3e8e71
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4736
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4736

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

Vim Vim

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2023-09-02T18:02:05.557Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:17:59.866Z

Reserved: 2023-09-02T18:01:52.802Z

Link: CVE-2023-4736

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-02T19:15:44.863

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:35:51.780

Link: CVE-2023-4736

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-09-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4736 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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