{"cve":"CVE-2008-4101","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-18T17:59:32.877","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:10.740","status":"Modified","description":"Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a \";\" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) \"Ctrl-]\" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) \"g]\" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/7.2.010","http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/9290f26f9bc11b33/K-arbitrary-command-execution.patch.v3?part=2","http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/dd32ad3a84f36bb2/K-arbitrary-command-execution.patch?part=2","http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/browse_thread/thread/1434d0812b5c817e/6ad2d5b50a96668e","http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/msg/9290f26f9bc11b33"],"products":["vim:vim"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4101","score":0.09207,"percentile":0.95338,"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."]}