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CVE-2003-1023

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-01-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion.

Affected products

• Midnight Commander: 4.5.52, 4.5.55, 4.6

References

• http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833
• http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10645
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10685
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10716

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