fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 1, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
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.
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