CVE-2012-4463 (GCVE-0-2012-4463)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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