CVE-2008-4101
Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by...
- Published
- Sep 18, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 19, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 95.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) "Ctrl-]" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) "g]" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.
Sources
1Ben Schmidt · linux · Aug 19, 2008
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