CVE-2003-0066 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2003-0066

The rxvt terminal emulator 2.7.8 and earlier allows attackers to...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

rxvt
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.7.7, 2.7.8

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.