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CVE-2006-1390
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…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.73%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 45% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 45% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- 19376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200603-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125902 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127319 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060324 Re: [ GLSA 200603-23 ] NetHack, Slash'EM, Falcon's Eye: Localprivilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- gentoo-multiple-games-privilege-escalation(25528) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060324 Re: [ GLSA 200603-23 ] NetHack, Slash'EM, Falcon's Eye: Local privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122376 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24104 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17217 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1394 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-1390)Record last updated .