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CVE-2007-2438

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.

PublishedMay 02, 2007, 21:19

Published Bysecalert@redhat.com

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2
http://osvdb.org/36250
http://secunia.com/advisories/25024
http://secunia.com/advisories/25159
http://secunia.com/advisories/25182
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
http://secunia.com/advisories/25367
http://secunia.com/advisories/25432
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1
http://www.vim.org/news/news.php
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

7.6

Vector String

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Base SeverityUnknown

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)