{"cve":"CVE-2000-1109","nvd":{"published":"2001-01-09T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:53:09.980","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html","http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036","http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929"],"products":["midnight_commander:midnight_commander"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:02.361923049+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2000-1109","score":0.00338,"percentile":0.27292,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}