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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-31T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:00:41.397Z

Reserved: 2017-10-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-1000382

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-10-31T20:29:00.263

Modified: 2017-11-27T16:24:45.447

Link: CVE-2017-1000382

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000382 - Bugzilla