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.
History

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
References

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-377

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu nano
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:nano:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu nano

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2024-06-12T08:53:02.256Z

Updated: 2024-11-24T18:37:42.156Z

Reserved: 2024-06-07T12:22:38.441Z

Link: CVE-2024-5742

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:07.052Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-12T09:15:23.037

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:48:16.117

Link: CVE-2024-5742

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-5742 - Bugzilla