CVE-2017-17087
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
02 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
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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2017-12-01 08:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 20:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 362461b9f119af6a6aa51c008ad887280c36dcda7fafc3d39a5e15eb06fc329a
05 Affected products
06 References
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/sRT9BtjLWMk/BRtSXNU4BwAJ
- openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/27/2
- security.cucumberlinux.comhttp://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=166
- github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5a73e0ca54c77e067c3b12ea6f35e3e8681e8cf8
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190803 [SECURITY] [DLA 1871-1] vim security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4582-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4582-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2876-1] vim security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00003.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vim Fixed in 2:8.0.1401-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vim Fixed in 2:8.0.1401-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vim Fixed in 2:8.0.1401-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.