01 Record
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 local users to corrupt files by creating a symbolic link to the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-05-07 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0b44bcee4706976c50ed0f87c964914a62fd0e812aee729fdcd72b78a8886a86
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20001113 Problems with cons.saverhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0192.html
- www.securityfocus.com1945http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1945
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commidnight-commander-conssaver-symlink(5519)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5519
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2000:078http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-078.php3
- www.debian.org20001125 mc: local DoShttp://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001125