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Vim Swap File Race Condition Vulnerability
Vim is an enhanced version of the popular text editor vi. A race condition vulnerability exists in the swap file mechanism used by the 'vim' program. The error occurs when a swap file name for a file being opened is symbolically linked to a non-existent file. By conjecturing the name of a file to be edited by another user, it may be possible for a local user to create a malicious symbolic link to a non-existent file. This could cause the new target file to be created with the permissions of the user running vim. |
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