CVE-2001-0409

published 2001-06-18

CVE-2001-0409: 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…

Priority P4 8 low 2.1 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C N I P A N

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vim_development_group	vim	—	—

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