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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 IDCVE-2003-0070
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score6.8
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-03-03
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionVTE, 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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