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CVE-2007-2438
Summary

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.

Summary

Successful exploitation requires that the "modelines" option is enabled and the user is tricked into opening a malicious file.

Summary

The vendor has addressed this issue with the following patches:

VIM Development Group VIM 7.0-

VIM Development Group patch 7.0.234
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.0/7.0.234

VIM Development Group patch 7.0.235
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.0/7.0.235

Publication Date May 3, 2007, 6:19 a.m.
Registration Date Jan. 29, 2021, 2:12 p.m.
Last Update Oct. 17, 2018, 1:43 a.m.
CVSS2.0 : HIGH
Score 7.6
Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
攻撃元区分(AV) ネットワーク
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃前の認証要否(Au) 不要
機密性への影響(C)
完全性への影響(I)
可用性への影響(A)
Get all privileges. はい
Get user privileges いいえ
Get other privileges いいえ
User operation required はい
Affected software configurations
Configuration1 or higher or less more than less than
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Related information, measures and tools
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