Vulnerability CVE-2012-4463
Published: 2012-10-10   Modified: 2012-10-11

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Midnight-commander -> Midnight commander 

 References:
https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79033
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55777
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/4
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