CVE-2001-0409 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Vim (and gVim) where an attacker can manipulate backup and swap files through a symlink attack. This allows them to modify files being edited by other users, specifically when the victim is working in a world-writable directory. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.1 (LOW), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial impact on integrity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for a "Swap File Race Condition," and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.