PT-2001-1625 · Vim · Vim

Published 2001-06-18 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0409

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vim (aka gvim) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap files. This can occur when the victim is editing the file in a world-writable directory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0409

Affected Products

Vim

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20967 · Exploit
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0409 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628 · Note