CVE-2000-1108

Summary

CVECVE-2000-1108
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-01-09 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-10 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptioncons.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.42 All All All
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.42 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - Problems with cons.saver - From [email protected] BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Midnight Commander cons.saver Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- mc DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
MDKSA-2000:078 MANDRAKE www.linux-mandrake.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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