CVE-2008-3076
The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 9.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the execute and system functions within the (1) mz and (2) mc commands, as demonstrated by the netrw.v2 and netrw.v3 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Netrw 125 Vim Script - Multiple Command Execution Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32012remote, linuxpublished 7 Jul 2008Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- SUSE-SR:2009:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081016 CVE request - Vim netrw.plugin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081020 CVE request (vim) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 34418 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080707 Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 30115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080701 Re: Collection of Vulnerabilities in Fully Patched Vim 7.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080708 Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506919 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- netrw-multiple-code-execution(43624) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080707 Re: More arbitrary code executions in Netrw version 125, Vim 7.2a.10 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3066 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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