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CVE-2000-1109

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
09/01/2001
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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