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CVE-2010-1160: gnu nano Link Following

CVSS: 1.9v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-1160
Published 16-04-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-1160 is a low (CVSS 1.9) Link Following vulnerability in gnu nano. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.9/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10435-1

Timeline

  1. 16-04-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • nano< 2.2.4-1
Gnu1 product
  • nano≤ 2.2.3 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.5.5 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.6.5 | 0.6.6 | 0.6.7 | 0.6.8 | 0.6.9 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.7.4 | 0.7.5 | 0.7.6 | 0.7.7 | 0.7.8 | 0.7.9 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.8.3 | 0.8.4 | 0.8.5 | 0.8.6 | 0.8.7 | 0.8.8 | 0.8.9 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.2 | 0.9.3 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.5 | 0.9.6 | 0.9.7 | 0.9.8 | 0.9.9 | 0.9.10 | 0.9.11 | 0.9.12 | 0.9.13 | 0.9.14 | 0.9.15 | 0.9.16 | 0.9.17 | 0.9.18 | 0.9.19 | 0.9.20 | 0.9.21 | 0.9.22 | 0.9.23 | 0.9.24 | 0.9.25 | 0.9.99pre1 | 0.9.99pre2 | 0.9.99pre3 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.99pre1 | 1.1.99pre2 | 1.1.99pre3 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.7 | 1.3.8 | 1.3.9 | 1.3.10 | 1.3.11 | 1.3.12 | 1.9.99pre1 | 1.9.99pre2 | 1.9.99pre3 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.1.9 | 2.1.10 | 2.1.11 | 2.1.99pre1 | 2.1.99pre2 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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