CVE-1999-1337: Midnight Commander

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Midnight Commander Midnight Commander: up to and including 4.5.11

Published 1999-08-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.