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 target file, calling mc, and specifying that link as a TTY argument.
Date published : 2001-05-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1945
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0192.html