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ubuntu-cve-2025-53905

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2025-07-15 21:15

Modified

2026-07-14 18:44

Summary

Details

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

Severity

4.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53905	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53905	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/…	REPORT
	https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GH…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7748-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2025-53905 (GCVE-0-2025-53905)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-15 20:48 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:12

Title

Vim has path traversial issue with tar.vim and special crafted tar files

Summary

Severity

4.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GH…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/87757c6b0a4b2c1…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/15/1

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
vim	vim	Affected: < 9.1.1552

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usn-7748-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2025-09-15 13:18

Modified

2026-02-10 04:49

Summary

vim vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled file extraction when opening maliciously crafted zip or tar archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create or overwrite files on the system and execute arbitrary code.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7748-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53905	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53906	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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ubuntu-cve-2025-53905

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2025-53905 (GCVE-0-2025-53905)

usn-7748-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature