Jan Minar

The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "!" (exclamation point) shell metacharacter in (1) the filename of a tar archive and possibly (2) the filename of the first file in a tar archive, which is not properly handled by the VIM TAR plugin (tar.vim) v.10 through v.22, as demonstrated by the shellescape, tarplugin.v2, tarplugin, and tarplugin.updated test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712. NOTE: this issue has the same root cause as CVE-2008-3075. NOTE: due to the complexity of the associated disclosures and the incomplete information related to them, there may be inaccuracies in this CVE description and in external mappings to this identifier.

The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the "!" (exclamation point) shell metacharacter in (1) the filename of a ZIP archive and possibly (2) the filename of the first file in a ZIP archive, which is not properly handled by zip.vim in the VIM ZIP plugin (zipPlugin.vim) v.11 through v.21, as demonstrated by the zipplugin and zipplugin.v2 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712. NOTE: this issue has the same root cause as CVE-2008-3074. NOTE: due to the complexity of the associated disclosures and the incomplete information related to them, there may be inaccuracies in this CVE description and in external mappings to this identifier.

**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** Vim versions prior to 7.1.314 **Description** The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the `execute` or `system` functions. This can be demonstrated using various scripts such as `filetype.vim`, `xpm.vim`, `gzip vim`, and `netrw`. **Recommendations** For versions prior to 7.1.314, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of potentially vulnerable scripts until a patch is available. Avoid using the `execute` or `system` functions with unsanitized inputs in Vim scripts.

**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** wget versions 1.8.x through 1.9.x **Description** The issue allows remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and potentially execute arbitrary code by not filtering or quoting control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal. **Recommendations** For versions 1.8.x through 1.9.x, update to a version that properly filters or quotes control characters in HTTP responses to prevent the injection of terminal escape sequences.