CVE-2020-5253 Privilege escalation in NetHack

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...

PT-2020-18347

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetHack versions prior to 3.6.0 Description The issue allows malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file, usually .nethackrc, which could be exploited. Recommendations For versions prior to 3.6.0, update to NetHack 3.6.0 ...