CVE-1999-0480 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Midnight Commander 4.x, where local attackers can exploit a symlink attack. This vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and low impact, primarily causing availability issues. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion, indicating a lack of current attention or threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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