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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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vifm
Vifm vifm
Vendors & Products Vifm
Vifm vifm

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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

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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Updated: 2026-10-14T06:15:17Z

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