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Vim Shell Command Injection Weaknesses
Secunia Advisory: SA31592
Release Date: 2008-08-25
Last Update: 2008-09-29
Popularity: 3,936 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:GVim 6.x
Vim 6.x
Vim 7.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Some weaknesses have been reported in Vim, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.

The weaknesses are caused due insufficient filtering of certain input when executing certain commands (e.g. the "K", "<C-]>, and "g]" commands), which can be exploited to execute arbitrary Vim script or shell commands.

Successful exploitation requires that the user e.g. is tricked into opening a malicious file and using the "K" command on a malicious keyword. Exploitation can also depend on certain settings like "iskeyword", which can be automatically set by malicious files if support for modelines is enabled.

The weaknesses are reported in version 3.00 to 7.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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