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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

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

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


Link: CVE-2024-5742

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2024-06-17T12:15:49.850


Link: CVE-2024-5742

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