CVE-2006-1390

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-03-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1390 is rated Exploit Available (50.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.71%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1390

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1390

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.22% 0.71% +0.49%
2 2025-05-28 0.25% 0.22% -0.03%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1390

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1390

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1390

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1390: 1 GLSA(s) (200603-23), 3 atom(s) (games-roguelike/falconseye, games-roguelike/nethack, games-roguelike/slashem); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1390
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1390

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1390

Solution: This vulnerability applies only to the following games/versions: 1) NetHack 3.4.3-r1 and previous 2) Falcon's Eye 1.9.4a and previous 3) Slash'EM 0.0.760 and previous

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1390

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo linux 0.5 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 0.7 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.1a cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.2 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1390

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