cve-2003-0066
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-09-01 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:43
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.phpVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:003
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-054.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-055.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5137
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6953
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.phpVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:003
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-054.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-055.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5137
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6953
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