CVE-2000-1108 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

cons.saver in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.42 and earlier does not properly verify if an output file descriptor is a TTY, which allows local users to corrupt files by creating a symbolic link to the target file, calling mc, and specifying that link as a TTY argument.

Published: 2001-05-07

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-1093	cons.saver in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.42 and earlier does not properly verify if an output file descriptor is a TTY, which allows local users to corrupt files by creating a symbolic link to the target file, calling mc, and specifying that link as a TTY argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00076.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0192.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001125
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-078.php3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1945
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5519

History

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Subscriptions

Midnight Commander Midnight Commander

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:36.955Z

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1108

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-1108

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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