Description
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.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 7.3 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0059 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.
History

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-150

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Xfree86
Xfree86 xfree86
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xfree86:xfree86:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Xfree86
Xfree86 xfree86
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-150
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux Linux
Xfree86 Xfree86
Xfree86 Project X11r6
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-29T14:05:49.769Z

Reserved: 2003-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0063

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.241Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-03-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0063

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2003-02-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0063 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses