CVE-2000-1109

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.

Published: 2001-01-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1109 is rated Low Risk (27.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1109

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.34% +0.26%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1109

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1109

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1109

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.40 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.41 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.42 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.43 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.44 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.45 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.46 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.47 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.48 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.49 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.50 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.51 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1109

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