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CVE-2003-0066

The rxvt terminal emulator 2.7.8 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Published

2003-03-03T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application rxvt rxvt 2.6.1 Yes
Application rxvt rxvt 2.6.2 Yes
Application rxvt rxvt 2.6.3 Yes
Application rxvt rxvt 2.6.4 Yes
Application rxvt rxvt 2.7.5 Yes
Application rxvt rxvt 2.7.6 Yes
Application rxvt rxvt 2.7.7 Yes
Application rxvt rxvt 2.7.8 Yes
References