CVE-2000-1109

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Midnight Commander: 4.5.40, 4.5.41, 4.5.42, 4.5.43, 4.5.44, 4.5.45 (+6)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929

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