CVE-2007-2438

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.

• How can I get the fixes?
• What do statuses mean?

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-463-1
• vim vulnerability
• 23 May 2007

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2438