VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-0409
vim (aka gvim) allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap files, when the victim is editing the file in a world writable directory.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.71%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
vim (aka gvim) allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap files, when the victim is editing the file in a world writable directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.71% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- vim development group/vim
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.