CVE-2003-0070

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0070
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionVTE, 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gnome-terminal 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-terminal 2.2 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.11.21 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.12.2 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.14.2 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.15.0 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.16.14 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.17.4 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.20.5 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.22.5 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.24.3 All All All
Application Nalin Dahyabhai Vte 0.25.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: terminal-emulator-window-title (11414): Multiple vendor terminal emulator window title command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq: GLSA: vte (200303-2) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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