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    CVE-2003-1023

    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.

    Published:Jan 6, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jan 6, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.08278
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Midnight Commander
    Product
    Midnight Commander
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2023-45925 — GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the func…
    CVE-2005-0763 (CVSS 4.6) — Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.…
    CVE-2004-1092 (CVSS 5) — Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by causing mc …
    CVE-2004-1005 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unkn…
    CVE-2004-1004 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to…
    CVE-2004-1091 (CVSS 5) — Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering …
    CVE-2004-1093 (CVSS 5) — Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "use of al…
    CVE-2004-1009 (CVSS 5) — Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop…
    CVE-2004-1174 (CVSS 5) — direntry.c in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by "man…
    CVE-2004-1175 (CVSS 7.5) — fish.c in midnight commander allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via "insecure filename quot…

    References

    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
    http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833
    http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10645
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10716
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10772
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10823
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11219
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11262
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11268
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11296
    http://secunia.com/advisories/9833
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml
    http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:007
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A822
    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
    http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833
    http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-058.shtml
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118433222764&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-034.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-035.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10645
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10716
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10772
    http://secunia.com/advisories/10823
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11219
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11262
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11268
    http://secunia.com/advisories/11296
    http://secunia.com/advisories/9833
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-09.xml
    http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-424
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:007
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2004-May/msg00002.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8658
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13247
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A822

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High