Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting vim-common package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
4 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-VIMCOMMON-1983907
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Nov 2017

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 vim-common.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common package and not the vim-common package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.