CVE-2007-2438
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- May 1, 2007
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 25024third-party-advisory
- 25159third-party-advisory
- [vim-dev] 20070426 feedkeys() allowed in sandboxmailing-list
- 1018035vdb-entry
- USN-463-1vendor-advisory
- ADV-2007-1599vdb-entry
- 25182third-party-advisory
- 2007-0017vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2007:012vendor-advisory
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
- [vim-dev] 20070428 Re: feedkeys() allowed in sandboxmailing-list
- RHSA-2007:0346vendor-advisory
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
- vim-feedkeyswritefile-command-execution(34012)vdb-entry
- DSA-1364vendor-advisory
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
- 26653third-party-advisory
- 20070513 OMG VIM VULNmailing-list
- 20070823 vim editor duplicates / clarificationsmailing-list
- http://www.vim.org/news/news.php
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
- 23725vdb-entry
- 20070430 FLEA-2007-0014-1: vimmailing-list
- [vimannounce] 20070512 Stable Vim version 7.1 has been releasedmailing-list
- 25255third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876vdb-entrysignature
- MDKSA-2007:101vendor-advisory
- 25432third-party-advisory
- 25367third-party-advisory
- 36250vdb-entry
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