CVE-2017-17087
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 1, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2017
Description
fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group ownership of a .swp file to the editor's primary group (which may be different from the group ownership of the original file), which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging an applicable group membership, as demonstrated by /etc/shadow owned by root:shadow mode 0640, but /etc/.shadow.swp owned by root:users mode 0640, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-1000382.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/sRT9BtjLWMk/BRtSXNU4BwAJ
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/27/2
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=166
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5a73e0ca54c77e067c3b12ea6f35e3e8681e8cf8
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190803 [SECURITY] [DLA 1871-1] vim security updatemailing-list
- USN-4582-1vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2876-1] vim security updatemailing-list
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