VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-5742
A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gnu/nano · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6986
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9430
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00006.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.