ghsa-x2f5-352x-j9w7
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Published
2022-05-01 18:03
Modified
2025-04-09 03:41
Details

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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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2007-2438"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2007-05-02T21:19:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-x2f5-352x-j9w7",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:41:03Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T18:03:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2438"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev\u0026m=117762581821298\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev\u0026m=117778983714029\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/36250"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25024"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25159"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25182"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25367"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25432"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26653"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vim.org/news/news.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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