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CVE-2001-0409

Published

22 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Low
Base Score: 2.1/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: None
Availability Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.7:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txt
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628