CVE-2004-1175 describes a critical vulnerability in the fish.c component of Midnight Commander, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs through insecure filename quoting, potentially leveraging shell metacharacters. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While affecting numerous Linux distributions including Debian, Gentoo, and Red Hat, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.41CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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