CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2024-5742
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.35%
Original NVD Description
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.
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