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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-1109

CVE-2000-1109

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 products

12
  • Midnight Commander/Midnight Commander12 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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