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CVE-2010-1160

Date: April 16, 2010

GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1160
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.html
http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023891
http://secunia.com/advisories/39444
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1160
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-1160
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-1160

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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