HIGH
vim-7 modeline security issue
Published May 2, 2007
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.22%
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.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
- 1.1
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
vim-2:7.0.109-3.el5.3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0346
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vim-2:7.0.109-3.el5.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0346 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.6 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.22% 0.03221
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03221
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.22% (0.03221) | 87.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.22% (0.03221) | 86.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 3.50% (0.03505) | 87.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 5.85% (0.05854) | 90.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 13.34% (0.13336) | 93.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 6.76% (0.06760) | 90.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.68% (0.02678) | 84.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.92% (0.04920) | 82.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.68% (0.02678) | 84.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.25% (0.02249) | 89.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 88.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 2.05% (0.02048) | 88.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 1.62% (0.01616) | 86.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 85.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 1.53% (0.01532) | 85.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.57% (0.01571) | 85.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (34)
- http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-May/001614.html mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117762581821298&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=vim-dev&m=117778983714029&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://osvdb.org/36250 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25024 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25159 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25182 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25367 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25432 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26653 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimannounce/message/178 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46627 x_refsource_MISC
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46645 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/46658 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:101 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0346.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467202/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23725 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018035 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-463-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vim.org/news/news.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1599 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2438 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238259 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238734 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34012 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2438
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9876 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2438
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 2, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 1, 2007
Link CVE-2007-2438
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a