Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

15.0% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (40)

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0618 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• USN-712-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 31681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• vim-scripts-command-execution(43083) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 32858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33410 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34418 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20080811 rPSA-2008-0247-1 gvim vim vim-minimal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20080614 Re: Collection of Vulnerabilities in Fully Patched Vim 7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20090401 VMSA-2009-0004 ESX Service Console updates for openssl, bind, and vim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080616 CVE Id request: vim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20080701 Re: Collection of Vulnerabilities in Fully Patched Vim 7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1851 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-457.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30731 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2622 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 3951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081015 Vim CVE issues cleanup (plugins tar.vim, zip.vim) - CVE-2008-3074 and CVE-2008-3075 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 32864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1020293 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29715 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0247 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0617 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20080613 Collection of Vulnerabilities in Fully Patched Vim 7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:14 UTC.