Vulnerability in Rxvt
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.
EPSS: 0.020 (79.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Rxvt — versions 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_VULNWATCH)