CVE-2003-0063

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.3
Exploit probability89. percentile3.4%
ProductXfree86 Project X11r6
PublishedMar 3, 2003
First seenMar 3, 2003

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xfree86_project x11r64.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.3, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.1—

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