fish.c in midnight commander allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via "insecure filename quoting," possibly using shell metacharacters.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1175 is rated Moderate Risk (56.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.62%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 0.95% | 1.62% | +0.68% |
| 2 | 2025-12-23 | 1.10% | 0.95% | -0.16% |
| 3 | 2025-12-10 | — | 1.10% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2004-1175 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1175 |
redhat
|
low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1175 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2004-1175 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mc), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1175 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| midnight_commander | midnight_commander | 4.5.52 | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| midnight_commander | midnight_commander | 4.5.54 | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| midnight_commander | midnight_commander | 4.5.55 | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| midnight_commander | midnight_commander | 4.6 | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | — | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux_advanced_workstation | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux_advanced_workstation | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium_processor:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| turbolinux | turbolinux_server | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| turbolinux | turbolinux_server | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| turbolinux | turbolinux_workstation | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| turbolinux | turbolinux_workstation | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |