CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-4677

Published: Oct 22, 2008 | Modified: Aug 08, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Im assuming that theyre using the same id and password on that unchanged hostname, deliberately.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Vim Vim 7.1 (including) 7.1 (including)
Vim Vim 7.1.266 (including) 7.1.266 (including)
Vim Vim 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)

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