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CVE-2008-6235 (GCVE-0-2008-6235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-21 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:20
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-07-07 00:00
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