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CVE-2010-1160
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…
Low1.9EPSS 0.37%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- [Nano-devel] 20100407 New prerelease for security tweaks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100414 CVE request: GNU nano (minor) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1023891 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39444 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
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