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    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 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.

    Published:Jul 15, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Feb 21, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.11578
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vim
    Product
    Vim

    Exploits

    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122416184431388&w=2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.htmlhttp://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122416184431388&w=2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.htmlhttp://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32012

    Related CVEs

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    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506919
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122416184431388&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/12
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2
    http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html
    http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43624
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506919
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122416184431388&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/12
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2
    http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html
    http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43624

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High