It was found that the swap file created by vim when opening a file was using the user's primary group instead of the file's group. An attacker belonging to the victim's primary group could use this flaw to read the vim swap file.
Find out more about CVE-2017-17087 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | vim | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | vim | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vim | Will not fix |
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