CVE-2008-6235

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CVE-2008-6235

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CVE-2008-6235 at MITRE

Description

The Netrw plugin (netrw.vim) in Vim 7.0 and 7.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename used by the (1) "D" (delete) command or (2) b:netrw_curdir variable, as demonstrated using the netrw.v4 and netrw.v5 test cases.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	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 Bugzilla entry: 406693 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SR:2009:007, published Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 18:37:54 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:30:01 2023