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CVE-2003-1023

CVE information

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.52:*:*:*
  Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.55:*:*:*
  Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.6:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -

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