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CVE-1999-1337

FTP client in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.5.11 stores usernames and passwords for visited sites in plaintext in the world-readable history file, which all…

Impact

FTP client in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.5.11 stores usernames and passwords for visited sites in plaintext in the world-readable history file, which allows other local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Midnight CommanderMidnight Commander
through 4.5.11

References