CVE-2012-4463
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4392)
- Published
- October 10, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4392 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- midnight-commander / midnight commander
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55777
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79033
- https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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