CVE-2017-17087

fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group ownership of a .swp file to the editor's primary group (which may be different from the group ownership of the…

published December 1, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group ownership of a .swp file to the editor's primary group (which may be different from the group ownership of the original file), which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging an applicable group membership, as demonstrated by /etc/shadow owned by root:shadow mode 0640, but /etc/.shadow.swp owned by root:users mode 0640, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-1000382.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00355 · 28.0th percentile
Published
2017-12-01T08:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 DEC 08:00Z
    fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group ownership of a .swp file to the editor's primary group (which may be different from the group ownership of the…
    cvelistv5