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CVE-2000-1109

Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.51 and earlier does not properly process malformed directory names when a user opens a directory, which allows…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 27%
Public exploits
0
none known

Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.51 and earlier does not properly process malformed directory names when a user opens a directory, which allows other local users to gain privileges by creating directories that contain special characters followed by the commands to be executed.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/2016 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/5929 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2001/dsa-036 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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