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CVE-2004-1175

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-04-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

fish.c in midnight commander allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via "insecure filename quoting," possibly using shell metacharacters.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.0
• gentoo Linux: all versions
• Midnight Commander: 4.5.40, 4.5.41, 4.5.42, 4.5.43, 4.5.44, 4.5.45 (+10)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1
• RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1
• Suse Linux: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
• Turbolinux Server: 7.0, 8.0
• Turbolinux Workstation: 7.0, 8.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/13863/
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012903
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-512.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18906
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13863/
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012903
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-512.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18906

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