Description
The uxterm terminal emulator 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.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0061 The uxterm terminal emulator 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.
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National University Of Singapore Uxterm
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.879Z

Reserved: 2003-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0065

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-03-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:01:26.953

Link: CVE-2003-0065

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