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CVE-2010-1160

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 Patches (3)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: nano
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: nano
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nano

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1160Low

nano: multiple file editing insecurities

Apr 2, 2010

References

drosenbe.blogspot.com / 2010/03/nano-as-root.html
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/39444
Vendor Advisory
svn.savannah.gnu.org / viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4
securitytracker.com / id