Vulnerability CVE-2007-2438


Published: 2007-05-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.6/10
10/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Vim development group -> VIM 

 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://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

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