CVE-2008-6235

N/A

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published2/21/2009

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

vim:vim

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/34418(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/2(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v5.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11247(cve@mitre.org)

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(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(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v5.html(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)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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