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CVE-2003-0070
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2003-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16
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.
Affected products
- Gnome-Terminal: 2.0, 2.2
- Nalin Dahyabhai Vte: 0.11.21, 0.12.2, 0.14.2, 0.15.0, 0.16.14, 0.17.4 (+4)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
- 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.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
- 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.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html
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