CVE-2007-2438

Summary

CVECVE-2007-2438
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-02 21:19:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 16:43:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Foresight Linux Foresight Linux 1.1 All All All
Operating System Foresight Linux Foresight Linux 1.1 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 7.0 All All All
Application Vim Development Group Vim 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
news : vim online CONFIRM www.vim.org
[vimannounce] 20070512 Stable Vim version 7.1 has been released MLIST tech.groups.yahoo.com
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645 CONFIRM tech.groups.yahoo.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian update for vim - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[VIM] OMG VIM VULN VIM attrition.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
2007-0017 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Ubuntu update for vim - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
'Re: feedkeys() allowed in sandbox' - MARC MLIST marc.info Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1364-2 vim DEBIAN www.debian.org
Mandriva update for vim - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Vim Modelines "feedkeys()" Shell Command Execution - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627 MISC tech.groups.yahoo.com
Vim Feedkeys and Writefile Functions Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for vim - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
'feedkeys() allowed in sandbox' - MARC MLIST marc.info
238259 – CVE-2007-2438 vim-7 modeline security issue CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Vim Sandbox Functions Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Trustix Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[VIM] vim editor duplicates / clarifications VIM www.attrition.org
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658 MISC tech.groups.yahoo.com
36250 OSVDB osvdb.org
USN-463-1: vim vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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