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CVE-2007-2438
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 …
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vim Development Group | Vim | Version 7.0 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/36250
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25159
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25367
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1