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CVE-2006-1390

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1390 describes a vulnerability in NetHack, Falcon's Eye, and Slash'EM on Gentoo Linux, allowing local users in the 'games' group to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows in saved game files or overwrite arbitrary files through symlink attacks. The CVSS score of 4.6 indicates a medium severity, with a local attack vector, low access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, exploit code availability, or significant community discussion for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0071 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1390

nethack: Local privilege escalation via crafted score file

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/19376
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25528
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-23.xml
Patch
osvdb.org / 24104
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428739/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428743/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17217