CVE-2007-2438

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

13.793

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Vim 7.0	Windows
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-X11-7.0.109-3.el5.3.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-X11-7.0.109-3.el5.3.x86_64.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-common-7.0.109-3.el5.3.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-common-7.0.109-3.el5.3.x86_64.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-enhanced-7.0.109-3.el5.3.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-enhanced-7.0.109-3.el5.3.x86_64.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-minimal-7.0.109-3.el5.3.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2007:0346) Moderate: vim security update vim-minimal-7.0.109-3.el5.3.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234