CVE-2008-4101

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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

9.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2008-09-18

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32289

Security advisories

• http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/dd32ad3a84f36bb2/K-arbitrary-command-execut…
• http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/msg/9290f26f9bc11b33
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
• 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/bid/30795
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry