CVE-2007-2438
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2433)
- Published
- May 2, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2433 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- foresight linux / foresight linux
- vim development group / vim
References
- http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/36250
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25024(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25159(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25182(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25367
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1
- http://www.vim.org/news/news.php
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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