CVE-2001-0409 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-18

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0406	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00378.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Vim Development Group Vim

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-18T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:37.227Z

Reserved: 2001-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0409

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0409

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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