Vulnerability CVE-2001-0409
Published: 2001-06-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Vim development group -> VIM 

 References:
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
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