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CVE-2017-1000382
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-31T20:29:00.263 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:59:04.350

Summary

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.

Affected products

vim — vim

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References

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