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CVE-2008-4101

Date: September 18, 2008

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 Score

8.1

Related Resources (43)

Url: http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/msg/9290f26f9bc11b33

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495703

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32858

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-457.htm

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5812

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/6

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461927

Url: http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/9290f26f9bc11b33/K-arbitrary-command-execution.patch.v3?part=2

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/5

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

Url: http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/7.2.010

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/4

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033

Url: http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/dd32ad3a84f36bb2/K-arbitrary-command-execution.patch?part=2

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4101

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/3

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31592

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10894

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0618.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4101

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

Url: http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thread/thread/1434d0812b5c817e/6ad2d5b50a96668e

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32864

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44626

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495662

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33410

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

Url: http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-K.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30795

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4101

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4101

Severity Score

8.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	9.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: September 18, 2008

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