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CVE-2000-1108
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…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.44%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20001113 Problems with cons.saver (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1945 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- midnight-commander-conssaver-symlink(5519) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20001125 mc: local DoS (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .