CVE-2001-0408 describes a vulnerability in Vim (and gVim) where embedded VIM control codes within a file can be processed, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands when a user opens a specially crafted file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) requires high attack complexity (AV:N/AC:H) but could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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