CVE-2007-2438 in Vim

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 05/01/2007
• Disclosure: 05/02/2007
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-3044
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-269 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.1
• EPSS: 0.03505
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2438
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2438
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2007-2438/