Record summary

CVE-2008-2712 has a selected CVSS score of 9.3; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.

Description

Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the originally reported version was 7.1.314, but the researcher actually found this set of issues in 7.1.298. NOTE: the zipplugin issue (originally vector 2 in this identifier) has been subsumed by CVE-2008-3075.

Description source: CVE List

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Proofs of concept

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Catalogued exploits

ExploitDBVim 7.x - Vim Script Multiple Command Execution VulnerabilitiesExploitDB exploitby Jan MinarNot analyzed1 file
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