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.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0066 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.
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Gnome Gnome-terminal
Nalin Dahyabhai Vte
Redhat Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.095Z

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

Link: CVE-2003-0070

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0070

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2003-02-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0070 - Bugzilla

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