CVE-2003-0066
Description
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.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:PConfidentialityPartial
I:PIntegrityPartial
A:PAvailabilityPartial
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
rxvt
oss-projectaka rxvt (terminal emulator), rxvt-unicode
and 1 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-054.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
marc.info
and 6 more references View all →
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