CVE-2000-1108

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Midnight Commander: 4.5.42

References

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
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

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