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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.

    Published:Apr 26, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:May 2, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.03505
    CVSS Score:7.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Foresight Linux
    Product
    Foresight Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Vim Development Group
    Product
    Vim

    Exploits

    http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High