CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VIM up to 8.0.1187 (Word Processing Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Swap File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Permission). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 10/31/2017. The weakness was published 10/31/2017 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1000382 since 10/31/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111946 (Photon OS 1.0: Blktrace / Libmspack / Ntp / Openjdk / Perl / Systemd / Vim PHSA-2018-1.0-0167 (deprecated)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family PhotonOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
A possible mitigation has been published 10 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (111946). Similar entries are available at 108831 and 117341.
Product
Type
Name
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License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Name: PermissionClass: Information disclosure / Permission
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 111946
Nessus Name: Photon OS 1.0: Blktrace / Libmspack / Ntp / Openjdk / Perl / Systemd / Vim PHSA-2018-1.0-0167 (deprecated)
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/31/2017 🔍10/31/2017 🔍
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11/01/2017 🔍
07/27/2018 🔍
08/17/2018 🔍
12/02/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: openwall.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-1000382 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 11/01/2017 07:42Updated: 12/02/2019 11:39
Changes: 11/01/2017 07:42 (63), 12/02/2019 11:39 (7)
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