# CVE-2007-2438: The sandbox for vim allows dangerous functions such as (1) writefile, (2) feedkeys, and (3) system, which might allow user-assisted attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-05-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/25024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25159
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25182
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
- http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
- http://www.vim.org/news/news.php
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255

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