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CVE-2012-4463
Midnight Commander (mc) 4.8.5 does not properly handle the (1) MC_EXT_SELECTED or (2) MC_EXT_ONLYTAGGED environment variables when…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 50 days later
· 50 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- [oss-security] 20121003 Re: CVE Request (minor) -- mc: Improper sanitization of MC_EXT_SELECTED variable when viewing multiple files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121003 CVE Request (minor) -- mc: Improper sanitization of MC_EXT_SELECTED variable when viewing multiple files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 55777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- midnight-commander-code-exec(79033) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-4392 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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