{"id":"CVE-2007-2438","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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:38:51.551864Z","published":"2007-05-02T21:19:00Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:11497-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25024"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25159"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25182"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25255"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25367"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/25432"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26653"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://osvdb.org/36250"},{"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.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.vim.org/news/news.php"},{"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"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}