CVE-2003-0068
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (3)
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references (12)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-496enisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:040enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10237enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2nvd
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