{"cve":"CVE-2008-3074","nvd":{"published":"2009-02-21T22:30:00.217","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:01.977","status":"Modified","description":"The shellescape function in Vim 7.0 through 7.2, including 7.2a.10, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via the \"!\" (exclamation point) shell metacharacter in (1) the filename of a tar archive and possibly (2) the filename of the first file in a tar archive, which is not properly handled by the VIM TAR plugin (tar.vim) v.10 through v.22, as demonstrated by the shellescape, tarplugin.v2, tarplugin, and tarplugin.updated test cases.  NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712. NOTE: this issue has the same root cause as CVE-2008-3075.  NOTE: due to the complexity of the associated disclosures and the incomplete information related to them, there may be inaccuracies in this CVE description and in external mappings to this identifier.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506919","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2","http://secunia.com/advisories/34418","http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0324"],"products":["vim:tar.vim","vim:vim"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3074","score":0.03841,"percentile":0.90121,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}