Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2009:047 First vendor Publication 2009-02-20
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2009-02-20
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current Vim working directory (CVE-2009-0316).

This update provides fix for that vulnerability.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:047

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2010-002
File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_6_3_secupd_2010-002.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-723-1 (git-core)
File : nvt/ubuntu_723_1.nasl
2009-03-02 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:047-1 (vim)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_047_1.nasl
2009-02-23 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:047 (vim)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_047.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53373 Python PySys_SetArgv API Function Search Path Subversion Local Privilege Esca...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-01-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-29 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2010-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_gvim-090225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_gvim-090225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-047.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_gvim-6023.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:40:01
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