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CVE-2008-3076

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3076 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Netrw plugin (version 125) within Vim 7.2a.10. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into filenames processed by the mz and mc commands. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.2a.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:7.2a.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32012 · Jul 7, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0902 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3076Moderate

plugin: lack of sanitization throughout netrw.vim can lead to arbitrary code execution

Jul 15, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
marc.info
marc.info
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/34418
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43624
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/07/4
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/12
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/20/2
rdancer.org / vulnerablevim-netrw.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
rdancer.org / vulnerablevim-netrw.v2.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
securityfocus.com / bid/30115
Exploit