DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6235

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6235 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	vim	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	vim	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	vim	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	vim	0, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

glcve_test.go (github-poc)

Timeline

Feb 21, 2009 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6235 advisory

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