CVE-2003-0070 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (VTE, as used by default in gnome-terminal terminal emulator)
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 sequenc
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0070 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 6.8 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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