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CVE-2003-0066

CVE information

Published

21 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -