CVE-2010-1160
N/A
Published: April 16, 2010 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNano
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.2.30.5.00.5.10.5.20.5.30.5.40.5.50.6.00.6.10.6.20.6.30.6.40.6.50.6.60.6.70.6.80.6.90.7.00.7.10.7.20.7.30.7.40.7.50.7.60.7.70.7.80.7.90.8.00.8.10.8.20.8.30.8.40.8.50.8.60.8.70.8.80.8.90.9.00.9.10.9.100.9.110.9.120.9.130.9.140.9.150.9.160.9.170.9.180.9.190.9.20.9.200.9.210.9.220.9.230.9.240.9.250.9.30.9.40.9.50.9.60.9.70.9.80.9.90.9.99pre10.9.99pre20.9.99pre31.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.0.71.0.81.0.91.1.01.1.11.1.101.1.111.1.121.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.61.1.71.1.81.1.91.1.99pre11.1.99pre21.1.99pre31.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.41.2.51.3.01.3.11.3.101.3.111.3.121.3.21.3.31.3.41.3.51.3.61.3.71.3.81.3.91.9.99pre11.9.99pre21.9.99pre32.0.02.0.12.0.22.0.32.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.82.0.92.1.02.1.12.1.102.1.112.1.22.1.32.1.42.1.52.1.62.1.72.1.82.1.92.1.99pre12.1.99pre22.2.02.2.12.2.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/39444x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markupMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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