CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-4463
5.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-10-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Midnight Commander (mc) 4.8.5 does not properly handle the (1) MC_EXT_SELECTED or (2) MC_EXT_ONLYTAGGED environment variables when multiple files are selected, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file name.
Affected configurations
• midnight-commander midnight commander 4.8.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55777 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79033 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913 www.midnight-commander.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55777 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79033 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913 www.midnight-commander.org