CVE-2007-2438

published 2007-05-02

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…

Priority P3 35 high 7.6 CVSS 2.0

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

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vim	< vim 1:7.1-022+1 (bookworm)	vim 1:7.1-022+1 (bookworm)
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-022+1	1:7.1-022+1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-022+1	1:7.1-022+1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-022+1	1:7.1-022+1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-022+1	1:7.1-022+1
vim_development_group	vim	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.6 HIGH AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.6 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.6 LOW

vendor_redhat 7.6 HIGH

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