CVE-2008-3076

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    CVE-2008-3076

    Published: 21 Feb 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34418, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236, http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html, http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122416184431388&w=2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4, http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html, http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4, http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html, http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html, 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://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/12, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43624

    Affected packages

    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
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