CVE-2024-5742

June 12, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

CVSS Score

4.7 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

GNU Nano

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privileges through a malicious symlink.

Weaknesses

Date

Published: June 12, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified: June 12, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secalert@redhat.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score
4.7
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

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

References