Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.3 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SR:2009:007, published Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:00:18 2013CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:26:37 2023