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CVE-2008-3074

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.

  • Published: Feb 21, 2009
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2008-3074
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
vim / vim 7.1.266 7.1.266.x
vim / tar.vim .12 .12.x
vim / vim 7.1 7.1.x
vim / vim 7.0 7.0.x
vim / tar.vim .11 .11.x
vim / tar.vim .17 .17.x
vim / vim 7.2 7.2.x
vim / tar.vim .21 .21.x
vim / tar.vim .14 .14.x
vim / tar.vim .13 .13.x
vim / tar.vim .16 .16.x
vim / tar.vim .18 .18.x
vim / tar.vim .22 .22.x
vim / tar.vim .15 .15.x
vim / vim 7.1.314 7.1.314.x
vim / tar.vim .10 .10.x
vim / tar.vim .20 .20.x
vim / tar.vim .19 .19.x