Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.027
EPSS Ranking 85.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.6
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
- 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
Products affected by CVE-2007-2438
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cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:foresight_linux:foresight_linux:1.1