CVE-2003-0063 — HIGH severity vulnerability (The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 and earlier all)
The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 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 ar
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0063 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.3 |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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