CVE-2003-0022 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to)
The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0022 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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