title: Privilege escalation in NetHack
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.
problem types: CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
affected:
{
product: NetHack
vendor: NetHack
versions:
status: affected, version: < 3.6.0
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 3.9
baseSeverity: LOW
confidentialityImpact: LOW
integrityImpact: LOW
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
version: 3.1
]