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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 other local users to gain privileges by creating directories that contain special characters followed by the commands to be executed.

Published

2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.40 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.41 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.42 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.43 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.44 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.45 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.46 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.47 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.48 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.49 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.50 Yes
Application midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.51 Yes
References