CVE-2010-1160 describes a vulnerability in GNU nano versions prior to 2.2.4, where the editor fails to verify if a file has been modified before overwriting it during a save operation. This flaw enables local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack. The vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 1.9), indicating a low impact (partial integrity loss) and requiring medium attack complexity with no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:nano:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:nano:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:nano:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:nano:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:nano:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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