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CVE-2023-41036 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

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.

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: GitHub, Inc.

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMAppController.h#L28	Product
https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h
https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/commit/399b43e9e1dbf656a1780e87344f4d3c875e4cda	Patch
https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jgj-jfwg-99fv	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	GitHub, Inc.

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Change History

4 change records found show changes

Initial Analysis by NIST 11/14/2023 1:41:48 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:macvim:macvim::::::macos:: versions up to (excluding) 178
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

New CVE Received by NIST 11/06/2023 11:20:50 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1	GitHub, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE	GitHub, Inc. CWE-269
Added	Description	Record truncated, showing 500 of 675 characters. View Entire Change Record 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 t
Added	Reference	GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMAppController.h#L28 [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/security/advisories/GHSA-9jgj-jfwg-99fv [No types assigned]
Added	Reference	GitHub, Inc. ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h [No types assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-41036
NVD Published Date:
11/06/2023
NVD Last Modified:
03/18/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.

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