CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-1108

Published: Jan 09, 2001 | Modified: Nov 20, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Midnight_commander Midnight_commander 4.5.42 (including) 4.5.42 (including)

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