CVE-2008-4101

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    CVE-2008-4101

    Published: 18 Sept 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31592, http://secunia.com/advisories/32222, http://secunia.com/advisories/32858, http://secunia.com/advisories/32864, http://secunia.com/advisories/33410, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904, http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/7.2.010, http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thread/thread/1434d0812b5c817e/6ad2d5b50a96668e, http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/dd32ad3a84f36bb2/K-arbitrary-command-execution.patch?part=2, http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/msg/9290f26f9bc11b33, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461927, http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/9290f26f9bc11b33/K-arbitrary-command-execution.patch.v3?part=2, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-457.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/6, http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-K.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0618.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495662, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495703, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30795, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44626, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10894, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5812

    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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