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CVE-2003-0063

Published: Mar 03, 2003 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0063
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 users terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
X11r6Xfree86_project4.0 (including)4.0 (including)
X11r6Xfree86_project4.0.1 (including)4.0.1 (including)
X11r6Xfree86_project4.0.3 (including)4.0.3 (including)
X11r6Xfree86_project4.1.0 (including)4.1.0 (including)
X11r6Xfree86_project4.2.0 (including)4.2.0 (including)
X11r6Xfree86_project4.2.1 (including)4.2.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1RedHat*
XorgUbuntudapper*
XorgUbuntudevel*
XorgUbuntuedgy*
XorgUbuntufeisty*

References

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