CVE-2008-2712

N/A
Published: June 16, 2008 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxVim

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%

Description

Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the originally reported version was 7.1.314, but the researcher actually found this set of issues in 7.1.298. NOTE: the zipplugin issue (originally vector 2 in this identifier) has been subsumed by CVE-2008-3075.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 6.47.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.1.314

References (40)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/30731
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32864

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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