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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.381Z

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

Link: CVE-2003-0066

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:29:02.690

Link: CVE-2003-0066

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2003-0066 - Bugzilla