RCE in Vim

CVE-2008-3076

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.090 (94.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Vim — versions 7.2a.10
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References