CVE-2008-3076

published 2009-02-21

CVE-2008-3076: The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the…

Priority P3 54 critical 9.3 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the execute and system functions within the (1) mz and (2) mc commands, as demonstrated by the netrw.v2 and netrw.v3 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vim	< vim 2:7.2.010-1 (bookworm)	vim 2:7.2.010-1 (bookworm)
vim	vim	—	—
vim	vim	>= 0 < 2:7.2.010-1	2:7.2.010-1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 2:7.2.010-1	2:7.2.010-1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 2:7.2.010-1	2:7.2.010-1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 2:7.2.010-1	2:7.2.010-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 9.3 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 9.3 CRITICAL

vendor_redhat 9.3 CRITICAL

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