CVE-2008-4677 Information disclosure in n/a
The Vim Netrw plugin leaks FTP credentials to remote servers during subsequent sessions, allowing attackers to steal sensitive login information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4677?
CVE-2008-4677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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 "I'm assuming that they're using the same id and password on that unchanged hostname, deliberately."
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4677?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vim Netrw.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-4677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4677, GHSA-q2qw-7ccw-vchv.