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CVE-2003-0023
The menuBar feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to modify menu options and execute arbitrary commands via a certain character escape…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
The menuBar feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to modify menu options and execute arbitrary commands via a certain character escape sequence that inserts the commands into the menu.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 6947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- terminal-emulator-menu-modification(11416) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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