CVE-2017-1000382

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p31

Published

Oct 31, 2017 (Oct 31, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: vim
Products: vim
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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