Syntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory up to potentially the root). This improper handling might be exploited for arbitrary code execution via a malicious gcc plugin, if an attacker has write access to a directory that is a parent of the base directory of the project being checked. NOTE: exploitation is more difficult after 3.8.0 because filename prediction may be needed.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/894736 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632f Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4261 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-05-20T20:00:00

Updated: 2018-08-04T09:57:01

Reserved: 2018-05-20T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-11319

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-05-20T20:29:00.220

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2018-11319

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