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Vim Shell Command Injection Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30731
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Release Date:
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2008-06-16
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Last Update:
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2008-08-13
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | GVim 6.x
Vim 6.x
Vim 7.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2712 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Jan Minar has reported some vulnerabilities in Vim, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the "filetype.vim", "tar.vim", "zip.vim", "xpm.vim", "xpm2.vim", "gzip.vim", and "netrw.vim" scripts improperly escaping special characters contained within filenames passed to the "execute" statement. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on an affected system by tricking the user into opening specially crafted files.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 6.4 and 7.1.298. Other versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Update to version 7.2.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jan Minar
Changelog:
2008-06-20: Added CVE reference.
2008-07-17: Added reporter link to the "Original Advisory" section.
2008-08-13: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
Jan Minar:
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html
http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v5.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Jun/0192.html
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Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
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8 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. Vim Shell Command Injection Weaknesses
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2. Vim Netrw FTP Credentials Disclosure Security Issue
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3. Vim configure.in Insecure Temporary Files
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4. Vim "helptags" Command Format String Vulnerability
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5. Vim Modelines "feedkeys()" Shell Command Execution
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6. Vim Modelines Shell Command Execution Vulnerability
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7. vim Insecure Temporary File Creation
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8. Vim / Gvim Modelines Command Execution Vulnerabilities
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