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CVE-2007-2438
Published: May 2, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
25024
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
25159
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[vim-dev] 20070426 feedkeys() allowed in sandbox
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
1018035
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
USN-463-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
ADV-2007-1599
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
25182
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
2007-0017
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TRUSTIX
SUSE-SR:2007:012
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
x_refsource_MISC
[vim-dev] 20070428 Re: feedkeys() allowed in sandbox
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2007:0346
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
x_refsource_MISC
vim-feedkeyswritefile-command-execution(34012)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
DSA-1364
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
x_refsource_CONFIRM
26653
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20070513 OMG VIM VULN
mailing-list
x_refsource_VIM
20070823 vim editor duplicates / clarifications
mailing-list
x_refsource_VIM
http://www.vim.org/news/news.php
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
x_refsource_CONFIRM
23725
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20070430 FLEA-2007-0014-1: vim
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
[vimannounce] 20070512 Stable Vim version 7.1 has been released
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
25255
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
MDKSA-2007:101
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
25432
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
25367
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
36250
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
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