Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3076
CVE-2008-3076
Description
The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the execute and system functions within the (1) mz and (2) mc commands, as demonstrated by the netrw.v2 and netrw.v3 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712.
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Affected products
3- Range: <7.2a.10
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- marc.infonvdExploit
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1nvdExploit
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4nvdExploitPatch
- www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.htmlnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.htmlnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115nvdExploit
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34418nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/12nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43624nvd
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