CVE-2008-4101

Vim vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

9.2%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Vim

Affected product

Vim

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2008-09-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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