CVE-2003-0070 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2003-0070

VTE, as used by default in gnome-terminal terminal emulator 2.2...

Vulnerability Description

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.

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

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References

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

vte, gnome-terminal
Vulnerable Versions:
0.11.21, 0.12.2, 0.14.2, 0.15.0, 0.16.14, 0.17.4, 0.20.5, 0.22.5, 0.24.3, 0.25.1, 2.0, 2.2

Timeline

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

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.