CVE-2008-3294
src/configure.in in Vim 5.0 through 7.1, when used for a build with Python support, does not ensure that the Makefile-conf temporary file has the intended ownership and permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying this file during a time window, or by creating it ahead of time with permissions that prevent its modification by configure.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3282)
- Published
- July 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3282 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
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- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Jul/0312.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31159(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494532/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494535/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494736/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2146/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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