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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-1541 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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Workaround

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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00075}

epss

{'score': 0.00055}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-1000382

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-1000382

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2017-1000382 - Bugzilla

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