Vulnerability in Midnight Commander
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 other local users to gain privileges by creating directories that contain special characters followed by the commands to be executed.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Midnight Commander — versions 4.5.40, 4.5.41, 4.5.42
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036 (vendor-advisory)