CVE-2008-3076
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- EPSS score
- 9.0% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3066)
- Published
- February 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3066 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vim / vim
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506919
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122416184431388&w=2(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43624
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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