CVE-1999-0480

lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.34% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

2 products

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Local attackers can conduct a denial of service in Midnight Commander 4.x with a symlink attack.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

2.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v2.01.8lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USLLM-inferredCWE-426USLLM-inferred

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
midnight commander midnight commander= 4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 1999-04-01modified 2026-06-16

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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