nethack: Local privilege escalation via crafted score file
Published Mar 25, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.73%
Description
The configuration of NetHack 3.4.3-r1 and earlier, Falcon's Eye 1.9.4a and earlier, and Slash'EM 0.0.760 and earlier on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the games group to modify saved games files to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows and overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.73% (0.00728) | 52.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 48.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.25% (0.00251) | 46.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 17, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122376 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125902 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127167 x_refsource_MISC
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127319 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19376 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/24104 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428739/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428743/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17217 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1390 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=187353 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25528 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1390
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1390
Change history (0)
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