CVE-2007-2438
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.3%
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 configurations
References
attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2
osvdb.org/36250
secunia.com/advisories/25024
secunia.com/advisories/25159
secunia.com/advisories/25182
secunia.com/advisories/25255
secunia.com/advisories/25367
secunia.com/advisories/25432
secunia.com/advisories/26653
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1
www.vim.org/news/news.php
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.3%