01 Record

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 commands and write files via modelines.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 3.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 88.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published: 2007-05-02 21:00Z19 YR AGO
Last updated: 2024-08-07 13:42Z2 YR AGO
Reserved: 2007-05-01
Assigning CNA: redhat
Record state: PUBLISHED
Severity: Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector: Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses: No CWE assigned
Data version: 5.1
Document digest: 373198f07105d389c7e44c1551f362bfdb3c858c40cd4aed871754c949613487

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

foresight_linuxforesight_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

vim_development_groupvimNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com25024http://secunia.com/advisories/25024third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com25159http://secunia.com/advisories/25159third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
marc.info[vim-dev] 20070426 feedkeys() allowed in sandboxhttp://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securitytracker.com1018035http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.ubuntu.comUSN-463-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.vupen.comADV-2007-1599http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com25182http://secunia.com/advisories/25182third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.trustix.org2007-0017http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:012http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
tech.groups.yahoo.comhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627x_refsource_MISC
marc.info[vim-dev] 20070428 Re: feedkeys() allowed in sandboxhttp://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0346http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
tech.groups.yahoo.comhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658x_refsource_MISC
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvim-feedkeyswritefile-command-execution(34012)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.debian.orgDSA-1364http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
tech.groups.yahoo.comhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com26653http://secunia.com/advisories/26653third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
attrition.org20070513 OMG VIM VULNhttp://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_VIM
www.attrition.org20070823 vim editor duplicates / clarificationshttp://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_VIM
www.vim.orghttp://www.vim.org/news/news.phpx_refsource_CONFIRM
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com23725http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securityfocus.com20070430 FLEA-2007-0014-1: vimhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
tech.groups.yahoo.com[vimannounce] 20070512 Stable Vim version 7.1 has been releasedhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
secunia.com25255http://secunia.com/advisories/25255third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:101http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
secunia.com25432http://secunia.com/advisories/25432third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com25367http://secunia.com/advisories/25367third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
osvdb.org36250http://osvdb.org/36250vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

vim
Fixed in 1:7.1-022+1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

vim
Fixed in 1:7.1-022+1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

vim
Fixed in 1:7.1-022+1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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