8.6
HIGH
CVE-2019-12735
Vim OS Command Injection
Description

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.

INFO

Published Date :

June 5, 2019, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:03 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-12735 has a 17 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12735 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vim vim
1 Neovim neovim
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-12735.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00075.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108724
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1619
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1774
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1793
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1947
https://bugs.debian.org/930020 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/930024 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/10082 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/master/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/53575521406739cf20bbe4e384d88e7dca11f040 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRIRBC2YRGKPAWVRMZS4SZTGGCVRVZPR/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/39
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/33
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-04
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4467
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4487

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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morningphase/lbas

None

Python Shell C++ C

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2024, 1:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.
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dai5z/LBAS

None

Python Shell C++ C

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 5, 2024, 2:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.
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provnavigator/prov_navigator

None

Go

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 29, 2023, 1:27 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.
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Yang8miao/prov_navigator

None

Go

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 20, 2023, 7:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.
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vincent-deng/veracode-container-security-finding-parser

Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image

Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.
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st9007a/CVE-2019-12735

A demo for cve-2019-12735

Shell Dockerfile C Python Vim Script

Updated: 2 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 26, 2022, 8:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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nickylimjj/cve-2019-12735

Docker image that lets me study the exploitation of the VIM exploit

Dockerfile Makefile

Updated: 3 years, 1 month ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 20, 2021, 7:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
33 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.
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hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.
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datntsec/CVE-2019-12735

None

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 26, 2020, 4:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.
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whunt1/makevim

一键编译安装 vim

Shell

Updated: 5 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 5, 2019, 8:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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oldthree3/CVE-2019-12735-VIM-NEOVIM

None

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 18, 2019, 4:59 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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vicmej/modeline-vim

Script con fines educativos que explota la vulnerabilidad de vim.

Shell Ruby

Updated: 5 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 4:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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JasonLOU/security

None

Updated: 5 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 6, 2019, 6:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-12735 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12735 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRIRBC2YRGKPAWVRMZS4SZTGGCVRVZPR/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TRIRBC2YRGKPAWVRMZS4SZTGGCVRVZPR/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00075.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1947 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/39 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4487 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00050.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00034.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1793 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1774 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1619 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/33 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4467 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00036.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00037.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TRIRBC2YRGKPAWVRMZS4SZTGGCVRVZPR/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108724 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/master/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/master/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/930020 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/930020 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/53575521406739cf20bbe4e384d88e7dca11f040 No Types Assigned https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/53575521406739cf20bbe4e384d88e7dca11f040 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/10082 No Types Assigned https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/10082 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/930024 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/930024 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-78
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.1.1365
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:neovim:neovim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.3.6
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12735 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-12735 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.41 }} 0.07%

score

0.73851

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
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