VIM up to 8.0.1262 SWP File fileio.c information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in VIM up to 8.0.1262 (Word Processing Software). This affects some unknown processing of the file fileio.c of the component SWP File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group ownership of a .swp file to the editor's primary group (which may be different from the group ownership of the original file), which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging an applicable group membership, as demonstrated by /etc/shadow owned by root:shadow mode 0640, but /etc/.shadow.swp owned by root:users mode 0640, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-1000382.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2017. The weakness was released 12/01/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at openwall.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-17087 since 12/01/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111955 (Photon OS 2.0: Redis / Vim PHSA-2018-2.0-0070 (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.

Upgrading to version 8.0.1263 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 8 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (111955).

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 111955
Nessus Name: Photon OS 2.0: Redis / Vim PHSA-2018-2.0-0070 (deprecated)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: VIM 8.0.1263
Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 5a73e0ca54c77e067c3b12ea6f35e3e8681e8cf8
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-17087 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 12/02/2017 09:50
Updated: 01/16/2023 15:43
Changes: 12/02/2017 09:50 (63), 12/11/2019 20:21 (6), 01/16/2023 15:38 (5), 01/16/2023 15:43 (1)
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