CVE-2007-2438 (GCVE-0-2007-2438)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-05-02 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:42
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-03… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658 x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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http://secunia.com/advisories/25367 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/36250 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2007-04-26 00:00
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        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          {
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                "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
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            ],
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            "type": "Primary"
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:19:59+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2007-2438",
      "id": "CVE-2007-2438",
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      "product_status:fixed": "52",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "vim-7 modeline security issue",
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      "id": "CVE-2007-2438",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:12:13Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "43",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2007-2438",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2007-2438.json",
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  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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