CVE-2001-0409 – Vim 5.x - Swap File Race Condition

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2001-0409

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. • https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20967 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 •