{"id":"CVE-2000-1108","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-1108","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:22.653Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2001-01-09T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:53:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["midnight commander/midnight commander"],"epss":{"score":0.00439,"percentile":0.37896,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0192.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001125","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-078.php3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1945","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5519","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0192.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001125","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-078.php3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1945","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5519","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1108","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}