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CVE-2017-17087 Detail

Description

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.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/27/2 Mailing List 
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=166 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5a73e0ca54c77e067c3b12ea6f35e3e8681e8cf8 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/sRT9BtjLWMk/BRtSXNU4BwAJ Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00003.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4582-1/ Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-17087
NVD Published Date:
12/01/2017
NVD Last Modified:
02/20/2022
Source:
MITRE