UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4463

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4463

    Published: 10 Oct 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4463

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4463, https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4463

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mc@3:4.8.11-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3:4.8.11-1

    Affected versions

    3:4.8.5-1
    3:4.8.10-4

    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