CVE-2000-1109 (GCVE-0-2000-1109)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-05-07 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 05:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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