{"cve":"CVE-2003-1023","nvd":{"published":"2004-01-20T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:03:22.550","status":"Modified","description":"Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-014.0.txt","ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc","ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc","http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2003/09/msg00309.html","http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000833"],"products":["midnight_commander:midnight_commander"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:37:11.487553034+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2003-1023","score":0.05138,"percentile":0.92405,"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."]}