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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17087

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17087 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14vim0, 0, 0
Debian:13vim0, 0, 0
Debian:11vim0, 0, 0
Debian:12vim0, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Dec 1, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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