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title: "CVE-2008-6235\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-6235

Publication date 21 February 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-6235?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vim | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This was patched in vim from usn-712-1

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6235)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6235)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-6235)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6235)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6235>