Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2001-0409 First vendor Publication 2001-06-18
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-20

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0409

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
5645 Vim Symlink Modify Arbitrary File

vim contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when vim writes backup and temporary files to /tmp. This flaw may lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity and/or availability

Sources (Detail)

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
Source Url

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