CVE-2001-0409 — LOW severity vulnerability (vim (aka gvim) allows local users to modify files being edit)
vim (aka gvim) allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap files, when the victim is editing the file in a world writable directory.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0409 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-06-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | vim (aka gvim) allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap files, when the victim is editing the file in a world writable directory. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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