CVE-2003-0070

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    CVE-2003-0070

    Published: 3 Mar 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: VTE, as used by default in gnome-terminal terminal emulator 2.2 and as an option in gnome-terminal 2.0, 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: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html, http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2, http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Mar/0010.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High