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CVE-2000-1109

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2001-01-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Midnight Commander Midnight Commander

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References