Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-2438 First vendor Publication 2007-05-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-16

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2438

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22067
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22067
Title: ELSA-2007:0346: vim security update (Moderate)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0346-01
CVE-2007-2438
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): vim
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9876
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-2438
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for vim MDKSA-2007:101 (vim)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_101.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for vim vulnerability USN-463-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_463_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1364-1 (vim)
File : nvt/deb_1364_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1364-2 (vim)
File : nvt/deb_1364_2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
35488 Vim Multiple Function modelines Sandbox Restriction Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0346.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-463-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_vim-3410.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1364.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0346.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0346.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-10 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
http://www.vim.org/news/news.php
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101
MISC http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
MLIST http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/36250
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/25024
http://secunia.com/advisories/25159
http://secunia.com/advisories/25182
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255
http://secunia.com/advisories/25367
http://secunia.com/advisories/25432
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
TRUSTIX http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1
VIM http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012

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