The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in…

Description

The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the execute and system functions within the (1) mz and (2) mc commands, as demonstrated by the netrw.v2 and netrw.v3 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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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)Other CVEs with CWE-78

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (16)

• SUSE-SR:2009:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081016 CVE request - Vim netrw.plugin (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
• http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
• 30115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
• netrw-multiple-code-execution(43624) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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
• MDVSA-2008:236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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-2008-3076](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-3076.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-3076)

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