4.6

CVE-2000-1109: midnight_commander

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
Published 07-05-2001Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2000-1109 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in midnight_commander. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2001
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Midnight_commander1 product
  • midnight_commander4.5.40 | 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

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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