Vulnerability in Rxvt

CVE-2003-0022

The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence.

EPSS: 0.014 (68.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Rxvt — versions 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

References