CVE-2020-5253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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NetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This bug is patched in NetHack 3.6.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nethack	Nethack

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commits/612755bfb5c412079795c68ba392df5d93874ed8
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2c7p-3fj4-223m

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2020-03-10T16:35:14

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:22:09.098Z

Reserved: 2020-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-5253

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-10T17:15:12.973

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:33:46.307

Link: CVE-2020-5253

Redhat

No data.

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