CVE-2007-2438

Description

The sandbox for vim allows dangerous functions such as (1) writefile, (2) feedkeys, and (3) system, which might allow user-assisted attackers to execute shell commands and write files via modelines.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599

http://www.vim.org/news/news.php

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178

http://secunia.com/advisories/26653

http://secunia.com/advisories/25432

http://secunia.com/advisories/25367

http://secunia.com/advisories/25255

http://secunia.com/advisories/25182

http://secunia.com/advisories/25159

http://secunia.com/advisories/25024

http://osvdb.org/36250

http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2

http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3