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CVE-2003-0068

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% 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 Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 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.

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.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-496
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
• http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:040
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10237
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-496
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
• http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:040
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10237

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