CVE-2005-0069
The (1) tcltags or (2) vimspell.sh scripts in vim 6.3 allow local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
02 Description
The (1) tcltags or (2) vimspell.sh scripts in vim 6.3 allow local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-01-29 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9b7e4029314a0cfec331e4799e6419bb841a758c4bd306b1ca662ab22b1e509c
05 Affected products
06 References
- securitytracker.com1012938http://securitytracker.com/id?1012938
- bugzilla.fedora.usFLSA:2343https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2343
- marc.info20050118 [USN-61-1] vim vulnerabilitieshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110608387001863&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:122http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-122.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9402https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9402
- secunia.com13841http://secunia.com/advisories/13841/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvim-symlink(18870)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18870
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:036http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-036.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vim Fixed in 1:6.3-058+1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vim Fixed in 1:6.3-058+1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vim Fixed in 1:6.3-058+1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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