PT-2001-1148 · Unknown+2 · Midnight Commander+1

Published 2001-01-09 · Updated 2022-01-19 · CVE-2000-1109

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Midnight Commander (mc) versions 4.5.51 and earlier

Description The issue arises from the improper processing of malformed directory names when a user opens a directory. This allows other local users to gain privileges by creating directories that contain special characters followed by the commands to be executed.

Recommendations For Midnight Commander (mc) versions 4.5.51 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-1068

ALT-PU-2022-1089

CVE-2000-1109

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Midnight Commander

References · 39

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0480 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-1109 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2022-1089 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0226 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1090 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1109 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00235 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1175 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2022-1068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06202 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06415 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-36370 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0763 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-1429 · Security Note