FTP client in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.5.11 stores usernames and passwords for visited sites in plaintext in the world-readable history file, which allows other local users to gain privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.222Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1337

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-08-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:03:05.367

Link: CVE-1999-1337

cve-icon Redhat

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