RULE(RULE ID:711203)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2017-09-06
Rule Name: FILE-OTHER Vim Modelines Remote Command Execution Vulnerability -3 (CVE-2016-1248)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary command via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software.
Affected OS: Windows
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:94478
SecurityTrackerID:1037338
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056