What is CVE-2017-1000382?

CVE-2017-1000382 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000382?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-1000382 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Vim

CVE-2017-1000382

VIM version 8.0.1187 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a swap file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME].swp") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the vi binary.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vim
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000382?: CVE-2017-1000382 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000382?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000382 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.