CVE-2007-2438

Published: 2 May 2007

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
vim Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable
	edgy	Released (7.0-035+1ubuntu5.2)
	feisty	Released (7.0-164+1ubuntu7.2)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-463-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2438
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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