CVE-2008-3074

The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows
user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the “!” (exclamation
point) shell metacharacter in (1) the filename of a tar archive and
possibly (2) the filename of the first file in a tar archive, which is not
properly handled by the VIM TAR plugin (tar.vim) v.10 through v.22, as
demonstrated by the shellescape, tarplugin.v2, tarplugin, and
tarplugin.updated test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because
of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712. NOTE: this issue has the same root
cause as CVE-2008-3075. NOTE: due to the complexity of the associated
disclosures and the incomplete information related to them, there may be
inaccuracies in this CVE description and in external mappings to this
identifier.

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