Instituto Nacional de ciberseguridad. Sección Incibe
Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad. Sección INCIBE-CERT

Go to Calendar     Go to Press Room     Go to Newsletters subscription

Search

CVE-2008-4101

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
18/09/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) "Ctrl-]" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) "g]" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools