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CVE-2008-6235

The Netrw plugin (netrw.vim) in Vim 7.0 and 7.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename used by the (1) "D" (delete) command or (2) b:netrw_curdir variable, as demonstrated using the netrw.v4 and netrw.v5 test cases.

Published

2009-02-21T23:30:00.233

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vim	vim	7.0	Yes
Application	vim	vim	7.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/2 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2 ([email protected])
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html Patch ([email protected])
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v5.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11247 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/2 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v5.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11247 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)