CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.2%
Jan Minar discovered that Vim did not properly sanitize inputs before invoking
the execute or system functions inside Vim scripts. If a user were tricked
into running Vim scripts with a specially crafted input, an attacker could
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2008-2712)
Ben Schmidt discovered that Vim did not properly escape characters when
performing keyword or tag lookups. If a user were tricked into running specially
crafted commands, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges
of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-4101)
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim-runtime | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim-common | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim-dbg | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim-gnome | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim-gtk | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim-nox | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.10 | noarch | vim-tiny | < 1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.04 | noarch | vim-runtime | < 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 8.04 | noarch | vim | < 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3.1 | UNKNOWN |