Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.51 and earlier does not properly process malformed directory names when a user opens a directory, which allows other local users to gain privileges by creating directories that contain special characters followed by the commands to be executed.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2016
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_011_mc.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-036
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0373.html