CVE-2001-0409
LowPublished
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...
- Published
- Sep 18, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jan 26, 2001
Primary CVSS
2.1/ 10Low
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N0.7%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 51.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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.
Sources
1zen-parse · linux · Jan 26, 2001
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