Vigil@nce : Vim, sensitive information broadcasting
August 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can retrieve logins and passwords of a victim.
Gravity: 3/4
Consequences: privileged access/rights, data reading, data
creation/edition
Provenance: internet client
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 14/08/2008
Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8028
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– Unix - plateform
DESCRIPTION
Vim is a text editor which can use plugins such as "Netrw", this
last permits to read or write files across networks.
Every time Vim opens a new FTP session, the "Netrw" plugin sends
the login and the password of the last valid FTP session.
An attacker can therefore recover this information and thus modify
files on the FTP server of the victim.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: VIGILANCE-VUL-8028