CVE-2010-1160
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1160
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2010-1160.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2010-1160
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2010-04-16T19:30:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/39444
- http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.html
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023891