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CVE-2003-0063

Published: Sep 1, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
7.3HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.4%
Top 12.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

xfree86 project
oss-projectaka xfree86 x, x11r6, xfree86
x11r6On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
marc.info
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380
debian.org
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