DTTerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	6942
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2003-0064
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 24 2003 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 11 2009 08:06PM
Credit:	Discovery of these issues is credited to H D Moore and Digital Defense.
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86 Sun Solaris 2.5.1 Sun Solaris 9_x86 Sun Solaris 9 Sun Solaris 8_x86 Sun Solaris 8_sparc Sun Solaris 7.0_x86 Sun Solaris 7.0 Sun Solaris 2.6_x86 Sun Solaris 2.6 SGI IRIX 6.5.19 SGI IRIX 6.5.18 m SGI IRIX 6.5.18 f SGI IRIX 6.5.18 SGI IRIX 6.5.17 m SGI IRIX 6.5.17 f SGI IRIX 6.5.17 SGI IRIX 6.5.16 m SGI IRIX 6.5.16 f SGI IRIX 6.5.16 SGI IRIX 6.5.15 m SGI IRIX 6.5.15 f SGI IRIX 6.5.15 SGI IRIX 6.5.14 m SGI IRIX 6.5.14 f SGI IRIX 6.5.14 SGI IRIX 6.5.13 m SGI IRIX 6.5.13 f SGI IRIX 6.5.13 SGI IRIX 6.5.12 m SGI IRIX 6.5.12 f SGI IRIX 6.5.12 SGI IRIX 6.5.11 m SGI IRIX 6.5.11 f SGI IRIX 6.5.11 SGI IRIX 6.5.10 m SGI IRIX 6.5.10 f SGI IRIX 6.5.10 SGI IRIX 6.5.9 m SGI IRIX 6.5.9 f SGI IRIX 6.5.9 SGI IRIX 6.5.8 m SGI IRIX 6.5.8 f SGI IRIX 6.5.8 SGI IRIX 6.5.7 m SGI IRIX 6.5.7 f SGI IRIX 6.5.7 SGI IRIX 6.5.6 m SGI IRIX 6.5.6 f SGI IRIX 6.5.6 SGI IRIX 6.5.5 m SGI IRIX 6.5.5 f SGI IRIX 6.5.5 SGI IRIX 6.5.4 m SGI IRIX 6.5.4 f SGI IRIX 6.5.4 SGI IRIX 6.5.3 m SGI IRIX 6.5.3 f SGI IRIX 6.5.3 SGI IRIX 6.5.2 m SGI IRIX 6.5.2 f SGI IRIX 6.5.2 SGI IRIX 6.5.1 SGI IRIX 6.5 SGI IRIX 6.4 SGI IRIX 6.3 SGI IRIX 6.2 SGI IRIX 6.1 SGI IRIX 6.0.1 SGI IRIX 6.0 SGI IRIX 5.3 SGI IRIX 5.2 SGI IRIX 5.1.1 SGI IRIX 5.1 SGI IRIX 5.0.1 SGI IRIX 5.0 IBM AIX 4.3.3 IBM AIX 4.3.2 IBM AIX 4.3.1 IBM AIX 4.3 IBM AIX 5.2 IBM AIX 5.1 HP HP-UX 11.22 HP HP-UX 11.20 HP HP-UX 11.11 HP HP-UX 11.0 4 HP HP-UX 11.0 HP HP-UX 10.34 HP HP-UX 10.30 HP HP-UX 10.26 HP HP-UX 10.24 HP HP-UX 10.20 Series 800 HP HP-UX 10.20 Series 700 HP HP-UX 10.20
Not Vulnerable:

DTTerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

dtterm's window title reporting feature may be abused to execute arbitrary commands on the system running the vulnerable terminal emulator. The terminal software supports escape sequences which can change the title of a terminal window and then report the title back to the command line. In this manner, an attacker can inject malicious escape sequences which include arbitrary commands in the terminal window title and then cause the commands to be displayed on the command line.

It is possible to exploit this issue if an attacker can cause malicious escape sequences to be displayed in a terminal window of a vulnerable terminal emulator. Exploitation will still require the user to press 'Enter' once the malicious commands are dumped from the window title to the command line. Other emulator features may be used to obfuscate the attack and trick the user into pressing 'Enter'.

DTTerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

There is no exploit code required.

DTTerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

References:

• TERMINAL EMULATOR SECURITY ISSUES (Digital Defense)
  
• Re: Terminal Emulator Security Issues (H D Moore )
  
• Terminal Emulator Security Issues (H D Moore )