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.
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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 Unverified IPC FIFO Ownership Allows Cross-User Command Execution | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-283 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-10-13T18:50:18.056Z
Reserved: 2026-10-13T18:00:07.859Z
Link: CVE-2026-110237
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-13T19:18:48.917
Modified: 2026-10-13T19:30:29.797
Link: CVE-2026-110237
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