The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "!"…

Description

The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "!" (exclamation point) shell metacharacter in (1) the filename of a tar archive and possibly (2) the filename of the first file in a tar archive, which is not properly handled by the VIM TAR plugin (tar.vim) v.10 through v.22, as demonstrated by the shellescape, tarplugin.v2, tarplugin, and tarplugin.updated test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712. NOTE: this issue has the same root cause as CVE-2008-3075. NOTE: due to the complexity of the associated disclosures and the incomplete information related to them, there may be inaccuracies in this CVE description and in external mappings to this identifier.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.8% · top 9.8% 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-78 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-78 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• SUSE-SR:2009:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080715 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081020 CVE request (vim) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 32462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10754 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080713 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 34418 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080707 Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080731 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080701 Re: Collection of Vulnerabilities in Fully Patched Vim 7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080708 Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506919 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080710 Re: Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080707 Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-shellescape.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467428 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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

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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-3074](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-3074.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-3074)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:21 UTC.