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 May 7, 2001
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
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
No data.
- 4.5.40
- 4.5.41
- 4.5.42
- 4.5.43
- 4.5.44
- 4.5.45
- 4.5.46
- 4.5.47
- 4.5.48
- 4.5.49
- 4.5.50
- 4.5.51
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00338) | 24.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00338) | 25.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 20.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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