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CVE-2008-2712

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 b…

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Vim 7.x - Vim Script Multiple Command Execution Vulnerabilities2008-06-14 · local · linux

Impact

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 products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Vim	Vim	through 6.4 from 7.0 through 7.1.314
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	Versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10

Weakness classification

CWE-20

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