CVE-2003-0070
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.08% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- nalin dahyabhai/vte · gnome/gnome-terminal
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Mar/0010.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Mar/0010.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.