CVE-2024-5742
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5742
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-5742.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-5742
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2024-06-12T09:15:23.037Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-13T07:58:49.480596Z
- Severity
-
- 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- 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.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "8.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "6.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "7.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "8.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "9.0"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-5742.json"