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CVE-2024-5742

UNKNOWN
Published 2024-06-12T08:53:02.256Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.099
Higher than 9.9% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Unknown Vendor

Unknown Product

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Affected Versions:

0:2.9.8-3.el8_10
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Affected Versions:

0:5.6.1-6.el9
Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-ffhx-2rrf-9c23

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5742
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6986
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9430
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00006.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 12, 2024, Modified: November 12, 2024

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6986
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9430
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574
Published: 2024-06-12T08:53:02.256Z
Last Modified: 2025-07-05T09:21:35.847Z
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