CVE-2000-1108

Published Jan 9, 2001

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0A4BBBE0-E96D-4BCB-BF5B-673888C00AC3"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References