Vim 7.0 feedkeys privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vim 7.0. It has been declared as problematic. This affects the function feedkeys. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2438. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Vim 7.0 (Word Processing Software). Affected by this issue is the function feedkeys. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 05/01/2007 by Tomas Golembiovsky (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2438 since 05/01/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67494 (Oracle Linux 5 : vim (ELSA-2007-0346)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117558 (CentOS Security Update for VIM (CESA-2007:0346)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34012), Tenable (67494), SecurityFocus (BID 23725†), OSVDB (35488†) and Secunia (SA26653†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67494
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : vim (ELSA-2007-0346)
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OpenVAS ID: 58584
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1364-1 (vim)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Tomas Golembiovsky
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2438 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2438
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3044

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X-Force: 34012 - Vim feedkeys() and writefile() functions shell command execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 23725 - Vim Feedkeys and Writefile Functions Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26653 - Debian update for vim, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 35488 - Vim Multiple Function modelines Sandbox Restriction Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1018035 - Vim Sandbox Functions Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands
Vulnerability Center: 15085 - VIM Code Execution via the writefile, feedkeys and system Function, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1599

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2007 12:30
Updated: 06/08/2025 19:39
Changes: 05/10/2007 12:30 (86), 07/03/2017 09:08 (12), 03/15/2021 12:14 (3), 06/08/2025 19:39 (18)
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