CVE-2008-3075

plugin: improper Implementation of shellescape() (arbitrary code execution)

Published Feb 21, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 4.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "!" (exclamation point) shell metacharacter in (1) the filename of a ZIP archive and possibly (2) the filename of the first file in a ZIP archive, which is not properly handled by zip.vim in the VIM ZIP plugin (zipPlugin.vim) v.11 through v.21, as demonstrated by the zipplugin and zipplugin.v2 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712. NOTE: this issue has the same root cause as CVE-2008-3074. NOTE: due to the complexity of the associated disclosures and the incomplete information related to them, there may be inaccuracies in this CVE description and in external mappings to this identifier.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1733-1 New vim packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3065 The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "!" (exclamation point) shell metacharacter in (1) the filename of a ZIP archive and possibly (2) the filename of the first file in a ZIP archive, which is not properly handled by zip.vim in the VIM ZIP plugin (zipPlugin.vim) v.11 through v.21, as demonstrated by the zipplugin and zipplugin.v2 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712. NOTE: this issue has the same root cause as CVE-2008-3074. NOTE: due to the complexity of the associated disclosures and the incomplete information related to them, there may be inaccuracies in this CVE description and in external mappings to this identifier.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:21 AM
Reserved
Jul 8, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 21, 2009, 10:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:55 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 15, 2008, 12:00 AM