{"id":"CVE-2012-4463","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4463","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:20:35.900Z","title":"Midnight Commander (mc) 4.8.5 does not properly handle the (1) MC_EXT_SELECTED or (2) MC_EXT_ONLYTAGGED environment variables when multiple files are selected, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file…","description":"Midnight Commander (mc) 4.8.5 does not properly handle the (1) MC_EXT_SELECTED or (2) MC_EXT_ONLYTAGGED environment variables when multiple files are selected, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file name.","published":"2012-10-10T18:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:45:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["midnight-commander/midnight commander"],"epss":{"score":0.01867,"percentile":0.79155,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/4","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/5","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55777","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79033","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/4","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55777","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436518#c7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862813","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79033","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2913","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4463","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}