CVE-2008-6235: Vim

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Netrw plugin (netrw.vim) in Vim 7.0 and 7.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename used by the (1) "D" (delete) command or (2) b:netrw_curdir variable, as demonstrated using the netrw.v4 and netrw.v5 test cases.

Affected products

• Vim Vim: version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only

Published 2009-02-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.