CVE-2005-0069

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) tcltags or (2) vimspell.sh scripts in vim 6.3 allow local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

Vim Development Group Vim: 6.3.011, 6.3.025, 6.3.030, 6.3.044

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110608387001863&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13841/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012938
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-036.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-122.html
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2343
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18870
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9402
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110608387001863&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13841/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012938
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-036.html

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