GHSA-vf53-5m97-qg59HighCVSS 7.3
Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 reuses a pre-existing IPC FIFO in the shared temporary directory...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 reuses a pre-existing IPC FIFO in the shared temporary directory without checking ownership, allowing local users to execute commands as another user. Attackers can pre-create a world-writable vifm-ipc-vifm FIFO and write IPC packets with -c and ! shell commands that execute with the victim's privileges.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110237
- https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L394-L443
- https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L866-L874
- https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/tag/v0.14.4
- https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/SkX7Pmiofg
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vifm-0.8.1-beta-through-0.14.4-unverified-ipc-fifo-ownership-allows-cross-user-command-execution
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf53-5m97-qg59