CVE-2008-4101 (GCVE-0-2008-4101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-18 17:47 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2291 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/7.2.010 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-06… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/31592 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495703 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thr… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-06… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2008-08-19 00:00
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