fkie_cve-2001-0409
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2001-06-18 04:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vim_development_group vim 5.7


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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2001-0409",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
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          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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