CVE-2012-4463

Published Oct 10, 2012

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.1
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 4.9
Vector string: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:midnight-commander:midnight_commander:4.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "ACCF5D13-8D13-43C7-9B3A-FD1DDB50D55A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References