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CVE-2001-0409

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-06-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

vim (aka gvim) allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap files, when the victim is editing the file in a world writable directory.

Affected products

• Vim Development Group Vim: 5.7

References

• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txt
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628
• http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-014.0.txt
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_012_vim.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6628

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