CVE - CVE-2003-0063

CVE-ID
CVE-2003-0063	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:6940 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6940 BUGTRAQ:20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 DEBIAN:DSA-380 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380 REDHAT:RHSA-2003:064 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html REDHAT:RHSA-2003:065 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html REDHAT:RHSA-2003:066 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html REDHAT:RHSA-2003:067 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html VULNWATCH:20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html XF:terminal-emulator-window-title(11414) URL:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
Date Record Created
20040901	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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