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Midnight Commander (mc) 4.8.5 does not properly handle...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 10, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

1.286%
(86th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-4463

GHSA ID

GHSA-rmf6-73g7-v4xm

Source code

No known source code

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