Description
Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.51 and earlier does not properly process malformed directory names when a user opens a directory, which allows other local users to gain privileges by creating directories that contain special characters followed by the commands to be executed.
References
- 2016 vdb-entry
- 20001127 Midnight Commander mailing-list
- SuSE-SA:2001:11 vendor-advisory
- midnight-commander-elevate-privileges(5929) vdb-entry
- DSA-036 vendor-advisory