Vulnerability CVE-2003-0066
Published: 2003-03-03   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The rxvt terminal emulator 2.7.8 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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
RXVT -> RXVT 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:003
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-054.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-055.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5137
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6953
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