CVE-2008-4101

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-09-18

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-4101 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	9.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (vim)	ELSA-2008-0617	2008-11-25
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (vim)	ELSA-2008-0617	2008-11-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (vim)	ELSA-2008-0580	2008-11-25

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