FKIE_CVE-2003-0063

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-03-03 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
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.
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.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.phpVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6940
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.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.phpVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6940
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xfree86_project x11r6 4.0
xfree86_project x11r6 4.0.1
xfree86_project x11r6 4.0.3
xfree86_project x11r6 4.1.0
xfree86_project x11r6 4.2.0
xfree86_project x11r6 4.2.1
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