CVE-2008-4101 (GCVE-0-2008-4101)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-18 17:47 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) "Ctrl-]" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) "g]" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
39 references
Date Public
2008-08-19 00:00
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"aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
"current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:14:58+00:00",
"cve": "CVE-2008-4101",
"id": "CVE-2008-4101",
"initial_release_date": "2008-08-22T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:fixed": "336",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "vim: arbitrary code execution in commands: K, Control-], g]",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2008/cve-2008-4101.json",
"version": "3"
},
"suse_vex": {
"aggregate_severity": "moderate",
"current_release_date": "2026-04-25T01:54:41Z",
"cve": "CVE-2008-4101",
"id": "CVE-2008-4101",
"initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:07:07Z",
"source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
"status": "interim",
"title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2008-4101",
"url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2008-4101.json",
"version": "3"
}
}
}
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
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