CVE-2026-110237

high

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

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vifm-0.8.1-beta-through-0.14.4-unverified-ipc-fifo-ownership-allows-cross-user-command-execution

https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/SkX7Pmiofg

https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/tag/v0.14.4

https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L866-L874

https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L394-L443

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-99021

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-13

Updated: 2026-10-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00149