CVE-2003-0068 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00667.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Michael Jennings	Eterm

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:michael_jennings:eterm:0.8.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:michael_jennings:eterm:0.9.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0064	The Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-496
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10237

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.397Z

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

Link: CVE-2003-0068

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0068

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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