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Permalink CVE-2003-0063
7.3 HIGH
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
  • Integrity impact (I): LOW
  • Availability impact (A): LOW
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The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 and earlier allows …

The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 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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Affected products

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  • ==n/a
xfree86
  • =<4.2.0
Old issue. No impact on current stable branch.