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CVE-2001-0409

Published: Sep 18, 2001

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

CSSA-2001-014.0
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_CALDERA
vim-tmp-symlink(6628)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
SuSE-SA:2001:12
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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