CVE-2008-3076

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-32012 remote linux verified

Jan Minar · 2008-07-07

Netrw 125 Vim Script - Multiple Command Execution Vulnerabilities

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2:7.2.010-1`
sid	Fixed	`2:7.2.010-1`
forky	Fixed	`2:7.2.010-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2:7.2.010-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2:7.2.010-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3076

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.