CVE-2008-4101

published 2008-09-18

CVE-2008-4101: Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by…

Priority P3 51 critical 9.3 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) "Ctrl-]" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) "g]" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.

Affected

24 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	<= 7.2	—
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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 LOW

vendor_redhat 9.3 CRITICAL

vendor_ubuntu 9.3 CRITICAL

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