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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:36.955Z

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-1108

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:29.357

Link: CVE-2000-1108

cve-icon Redhat

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