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CVE-2012-4463

Date: October 10, 2012

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4463
https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/5
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4463
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55777
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79033
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4463

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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