CVE-2007-2438 describes a critical vulnerability in the vim text editor, specifically affecting foresight_linux and vim_development_group products. The sandbox mechanism in vim allows dangerous functions like writefile, feedkeys, and system to be invoked via modelines, potentially enabling user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands and write files. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential impact remains severe.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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