Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting vim-common package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (12th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL6-VIMCOMMON-1360462
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 31 Oct 2017
Introduced: 31 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-1000382 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL: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 RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.