CVE-2017-1000382

medium

Description

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.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/31/1

http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=120

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-31

Updated: 2017-11-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium