CVE-2006-1390

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1390
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-25 00:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002190000 probability, percentile 0.445720000 (date 2026-04-19)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux 0.5 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 0.7 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.1a All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.2 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- NetHack, Slash'EM, Falcon's Eye: Local privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch
122376 – games-roguelike/nethack: insecure save game creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
127319 – games-roguelike/falconseye: local privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 125902 - games-roguelike/nethack: local privilege escalation and insecure savegame creation (CVE-2006-1390) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
Gentoo Nethack And Variants Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
127167 – games-roguelike/slashem: insecure save game creation and local priv escalation(CVE-2006-1390) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/24104 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Gentoo nethack / falconseye / slashem Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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