CVE-2003-0070

VTE - Command Injection via Terminal Window Title Escape Sequence

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_vulnwatch
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Mar/0010.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 70.6%

Details

Status published
Products (12)
gnome/gnome-terminal 2.0
gnome/gnome-terminal 2.2
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.11.21
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.12.2
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.14.2
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.15.0
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.16.14
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.17.4
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.20.5
nalin_dahyabhai/vte 0.22.5
... and 2 more
Published Mar 03, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026