MEDIUM 6.7 Microsoft

CVE-2024-5742

Nano: running `chmod` and `chown` on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file

Microsoft Security Update 2024-Jun: Nano: running `chmod` and `chown` on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file

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Published: 2024-06-11 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-09-17
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7 was published on 2024-06-11 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 nano 6.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 nano 6.0-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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