CVE-2008-4101

Vim < 7.2 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ben Schmidt · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32289

References (39)

Core 39
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0618.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10894
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44626
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461927
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5812
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495662
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-K.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/7.2.010
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/5
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31592
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495703
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/6
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30795
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/3
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32864
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Scores

EPSS 0.1524
EPSS Percentile 94.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (19)
vim/vim 3.0
vim/vim 4.0
vim/vim 5.0
vim/vim 5.1
vim/vim 5.2
vim/vim 5.3
vim/vim 5.4
vim/vim 5.5
vim/vim 5.6
vim/vim 5.7
... and 9 more
Published Sep 18, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026