Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-2438 - Remote Code Execution vulnerability in VIM Development Group VIM 7.0

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-463-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(28063);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:33:01");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2438");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"463-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.10 / 7.04 : vim vulnerability (USN-463-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Tomas Golembiovsky discovered that some vim commands were accidentally
allowed in modelines. By tricking a user into opening a specially
crafted file in vim, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with
user privileges.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/463-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-full");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gui-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-python");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-ruby");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tcl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/05/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/10");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(6\.10|7\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.10 / 7.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim", pkgver:"1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-common", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-doc", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-full", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-gnome", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-gtk", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-gui-common", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-perl", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-python", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-ruby", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-runtime", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-tcl", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vim-tiny", pkgver:"7.0-035+1ubuntu5.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim", pkgver:"1:7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-common", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-doc", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-full", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-gnome", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-gtk", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-gui-common", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-perl", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-python", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-ruby", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-runtime", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-tcl", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"vim-tiny", pkgver:"7.0-164+1ubuntu7.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "vim / vim-common / vim-doc / vim-full / vim-gnome / vim-gtk / etc");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:101. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25191);
  script_version ("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:49");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2438");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2007:101");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : vim (MDKSA-2007:101)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A vulnerability in vim 7.0's modeline processing capabilities was
discovered where a user with modelines enabled could open a text file
containing a carefully crafted modeline, executing arbitrary commands
as the user running vim.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-X11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-enhanced");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/05/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/05/10");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"vim-X11-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"vim-common-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"vim-enhanced-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"vim-minimal-7.0-16.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"vim-X11-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"vim-common-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"vim-enhanced-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"vim-minimal-7.0-16.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update vim-3410.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(27474);
  script_version ("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:30");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2438");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : vim (vim-3410)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the vim-3410 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Files with VIM modelines could call some unsafe VIM functions
(CVE-2007-2438). Modelines are disabled in the default config
(/etc/vimrc) of openSUSE though."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected vim packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gvim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vim-enhanced");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/05/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.2", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"gvim-7.0-36") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"vim-7.0-36") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"vim-enhanced-7.0-36") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gvim / vim / vim-enhanced");
}