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CVE-2008-4677

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-255 Credentials Management
Publication date:
22/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

autoload/netrw.vim (aka the Netrw Plugin) 109, 131, and other versions before 133k for Vim 7.1.266, other 7.1 versions, and 7.2 stores credentials for an FTP session, and sends those credentials when attempting to establish subsequent FTP sessions to servers on different hosts, which allows remote FTP servers to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by logging usernames and passwords. NOTE: the upstream vendor disputes a vector involving different ports on the same host, stating "I'm assuming that they're using the same id and password on that unchanged hostname, deliberately."

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:7.1.266:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:109:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:111:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:112:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:113:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:114:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:116:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:118:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:120:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:121:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vim:netrw:122:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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