Vulnerability in Vim Development Group
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 file in a world writable directory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Vim Development Group — versions 5.7
References
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txt (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628 (vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html (vendor-advisory)