CVE-2001-0409
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 18, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- May 24, 2001
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- CSSA-2001-014.0vendor-advisory
- vim-tmp-symlink(6628)vdb-entry
- SuSE-SA:2001:12vendor-advisory
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