plugin: lack of sanitization throughout netrw.vim can lead to arbitrary code execution
Published Feb 21, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.02%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Vim packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. Note: This CVE is mentioned in the text of RHSA-2008:0580 as it was originally used to track multiple issues. Issues that affected Vim packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 were later assigned separate CVE identifier - CVE-2008-6235. Neither of issues currently covered by CVE-2008-3076 (insufficient shell escaping in mz and mc commands) affected Vim packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.02% (0.09023) | 95.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.02% (0.09023) | 94.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.90% (0.10902) | 92.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.74% (0.06740) | 85.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 10.90% (0.10902) | 92.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.81% (0.09810) | 92.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.71% (0.01714) | 87.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 73.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 70.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.82% (0.08822) | 93.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.82% (0.08822) | 93.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.82% (0.08822) | 82.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506919 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122416184431388&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.html x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30115 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3076 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467439 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43624 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3076
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3076
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