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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 direc

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00076
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Affected Products & Versions

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midnight commanderall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD09 Jan 2001 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929
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