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CVE-2008-2712

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-06-21	vim -- Vim Shell Command Injection Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-2712 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-2712
Phase	Assigned(20080616)

Description

Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (2) zipplugin, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20080613 Collection of Vulnerabilities in Fully Patched Vim 7.1
BUGTRAQ	20080614 Re: Collection of Vulnerabilities in Fully Patched Vim 7.1
MISC	http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html
MLIST	[oss-security] CVE Id request: vim
BID	29715
FRSIRT	ADV-2008-1851
SECTRACK	1020293
SECUNIA	30731
XF	vim-scripts-command-execution(43083)