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HistoryFeb 21, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2008-6235

2009-02-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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CVSS2

9.3

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

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

67.9%

The Netrw plugin (netrw.vim) in Vim 7.0 and 7.1 allows user-assisted
attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a
filename used by the (1) “D” (delete) command or (2) b:netrw_curdir
variable, as demonstrated using the netrw.v4 and netrw.v5 test cases.

Notes

Author Note
mdeslaur This was patched in vim from usn-712-1

CVSS2

9.3

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

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

67.9%