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CVE-2023-4736

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4736 is an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 9.0.1833, specifically on macOS. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) could allow an attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through a local attack requiring user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.1833CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18317-16823Fixed in: 9.0.1897-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.1897-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.1897-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2023-Sep/CVE-2023-4736Important

Untrusted Search Path in vim/vim

Sep 12, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-4736Low

vim: Arbitrary command execution on Windows in vim/vim

Sep 2, 2023

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/commit/816fbcc262687b81fc46f82f7bbeb1453addfe0c
Patch
huntr.dev / bounties/e1ce0995-4df4-4dec-9cd7-3136ac3e8e71
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213984
Release NotesThird Party Advisory