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CVE-2000-1108

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.6/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:::*	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1945
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001125
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0192.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-078.php3
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5519