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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2712 Detail

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, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the originally reported version was 7.1.314, but the researcher actually found this set of issues in 7.1.298. NOTE: the zipplugin issue (originally vector 2 in this identifier) has been subsumed by CVE-2008-3075.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30731 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32864 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3951 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-457.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0247 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/16/2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/1 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0618.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493352/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493353/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495319/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29715 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020293 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1851/references CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43083 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2622 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11109 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6238 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2712
NVD Published Date:
06/16/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE