{"id":"CVE-2010-1160","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1160","EUVD-2010-1190","GHSA-9v2x-x2qc-4cfg","openSUSE-SU-2024:10435-1"],"status":"published","title":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in...","description":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":1.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00371,"percentile":0.31231,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"published":"2010-04-16T19:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-23T17:47:26Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"nano","fixed_in":["2.2.4-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"nano","fixed_in":["2.2.4-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"nano","fixed_in":["2.2.4-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"nano","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.4-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"nano","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.4-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"nano","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.4-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"nano","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.1-1.1"}]}],"bundled":2}],"products":[{"vendor":"gnu","product":"nano"}],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.html","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503\u0026root=nano\u0026view=markup","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023891","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred","web"]},{"url":"http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","article"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/39444","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1160"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9v2x-x2qc-4cfg"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1160","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1160","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1161","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2010-1160","description":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.","status":"published","published":"2010-04-16T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T01:14:06.638Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:29.582233Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2010-1190","description":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.","status":"published","published":"2010-04-16T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T01:14:06Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:39:42.741336Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-9v2x-x2qc-4cfg","title":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in...","description":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-02T06:19:38Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:00:49Z","cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:49:36.329924Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2010-1160","description":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.","status":"published","published":"2010-04-16T19:30:00.46Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:17:37.907Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":1.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:45.97784Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2010-1160","description":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.","status":"published","published":"2010-04-16T19:30:00Z","modified":"2026-04-10T03:41:10.942392Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:57.714116Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1160","description":"GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.","status":"published","published":"2010-04-16T19:30:00.46Z","modified":"2026-10-23T17:47:26.364043418Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:24.316685Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10435-1","title":"nano-2.7.1-1.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the nano-2.7.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:59:31.264001Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:34.487567Z"}]}}