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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 IDCVE-2003-0063
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.3
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-03-03
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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