CVE-2010-1161
Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related
02 Description
Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 19.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-04-16 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 01:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-03-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1404630a25bc375af106adce6fc18e990129194c357e4032dd8773da2def58f6
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnu.org[Nano-devel] 20100407 New prerelease for security tweakshttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.html
- svn.savannah.gnu.orghttp://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100414 CVE request: GNU nano (minor)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4
- www.securitytracker.com1023891http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023891
- drosenbe.blogspot.comhttp://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html
- secunia.com39444http://secunia.com/advisories/39444
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nano Fixed in 2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nano Fixed in 2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nano Fixed in 2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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