CVE-2023-41036

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:macvim:macvim:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:20

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

18 Mar 2024, 18:15

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CWE CWE-269
References
  • {'url': 'ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h', 'name': 'ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h', 'tags': ['Broken Link'], 'refsource': ''}
  • () https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h -

14 Nov 2023, 18:41

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:macvim:macvim:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
First Time Macvim
Macvim macvim
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
References () https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/commit/399b43e9e1dbf656a1780e87344f4d3c875e4cda - () https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/commit/399b43e9e1dbf656a1780e87344f4d3c875e4cda - Patch
References () https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMAppController.h#L28 - () https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMAppController.h#L28 - Product
References () https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jgj-jfwg-99fv - () https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/security/advisories/GHSA-9jgj-jfwg-99fv - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
References () ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h - () ttps://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/blob/d9de087dddadbfd82fcb5dc9734380a2f829bd0a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.h - Broken Link

07 Nov 2023, 12:14

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-11-07 04:20

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:20


NVD link : CVE-2023-41036

Mitre link : CVE-2023-41036

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-41036


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Products Affected

macvim

  • macvim
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management