CVE-2008-4677

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4677
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4677.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4677
Downstream
Published
2008-10-22T18:00:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
Summary
[none]
Details

autoload/netrw.vim (aka the Netrw Plugin) 109, 131, and other versions before 133k for Vim 7.1.266, other 7.1 versions, and 7.2 stores credentials for an FTP session, and sends those credentials when attempting to establish subsequent FTP sessions to servers on different hosts, which allows remote FTP servers to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by logging usernames and passwords. NOTE: the upstream vendor disputes a vector involving different ports on the same host, stating "I'm assuming that they're using the same id and password on that unchanged hostname, deliberately."

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Affected packages