CVE-2000-1109

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-01-09

Updated: 2017-10-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High