Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
Privilege escalation in NetHack
CVE-2020-5253
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commits/612755bfb5c412079795c68ba392df5d93874ed8mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2c7p-3fj4-223mmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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