CVE-2005-2368

Exp

vim 6.3 before 6.3.082, with modelines enabled, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) glob or (2) expand commands of a foldexpr expression for calculating fold levels.

Published: 2005-07-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2368 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.73%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2368

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2368

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.52% 2.73% +1.21%
2 2025-07-16 1.09% 1.52% +0.43%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.09% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2368

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2368

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2368

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-2368 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2368
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2368
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2368 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vim), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2368

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2368

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vim_development_group vim 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vim_development_group vim 6.3.011 cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.3.011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vim_development_group vim 6.3.025 cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.3.025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vim_development_group vim 6.3.030 cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.3.030:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vim_development_group vim 6.3.044 cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.3.044:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vim_development_group vim 6.3.081 cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:6.3.081:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2368

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