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CVE-2024-5742

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.

Published

2024-06-12T09:15:23.037

Last Modified

2024-11-21T09:48:16.117

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-59
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-59
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnu nano < 8.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 Yes
References