Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim) when serializing browsed directory paths to the history file ~/.vim/.netrwhist. A directory name derived from the filesystem is interpolated into a single-quoted Vimscript string literal without escaping embedded single quotes, allowing a crafted directory name to break out of the string context and execute arbitrary Vimscript, including shell commands via system() and :!, the next time the history file is sourced. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0495.
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-74",
"CWE-94"
],
"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M"
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
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},
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}
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"source": [
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"REFERENCES"
]
}