CVE-2003-0021

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The "screen dump" feature in Eterm 0.9.1 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence.

Affected products

Michael Jennings Eterm: 0.8.10, 0.9.1

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/11413.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6936
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/11413.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6936

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