CVE-2023-41036
"MacVim Distributed Objects Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
Description
Macvim is a text editor for MacOS. Prior to version 178, Macvim makes use of an insecure interprocess communication (IPC) mechanism which could lead to a privilege escalation. Distributed objects are a concept introduced by Apple which allow one program to vend an interface to another program. What is not made clear in the documentation is that this service can vend this interface to any other program on the machine. The impact of exploitation is a privilege escalation to root - this is likely to affect anyone who is not careful about the software they download and use MacVim to edit files that would require root privileges. Version 178 contains a fix for this issue.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 7, 2023, 4:20 a.m.
Last Modified :
March 18, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2023-41036 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2023-41036 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 18, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h [No types assigned] Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMAppController.h#L28 No Types Assigned https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMAppController.h#L28 Product Changed Reference Type https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/commit/399b43e9e1dbf656a1780e87344f4d3c875e4cda No Types Assigned https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/commit/399b43e9e1dbf656a1780e87344f4d3c875e4cda Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jgj-jfwg-99fv No Types Assigned https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jgj-jfwg-99fv Exploit, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h No Types Assigned ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h Broken Link Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:macvim:macvim:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* versions up to (excluding) 178 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Macvim is a text editor for MacOS. Prior to version 178, Macvim makes use of an insecure interprocess communication (IPC) mechanism which could lead to a privilege escalation. Distributed objects are a concept introduced by Apple which allow one program to vend an interface to another program. What is not made clear in the documentation is that this service can vend this interface to any other program on the machine. The impact of exploitation is a privilege escalation to root - this is likely to affect anyone who is not careful about the software they download and use MacVim to edit files that would require root privileges. Version 178 contains a fix for this issue. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jgj-jfwg-99fv [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/commit/399b43e9e1dbf656a1780e87344f4d3c875e4cda [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMAppController.h#L28 [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-269 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} -0.00%
score
0.05712
percentile