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.
Published: 2001-05-07
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-1094 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.
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Midnight Commander Midnight Commander
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:36.508Z

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1109

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-1109

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