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CVE-2003-0064
The dtterm terminal emulator allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back…
High7.5EPSS 2.7%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The dtterm terminal emulator 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- HPSBUX0401-309 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- terminal-emulator-window-title(11414) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 6942 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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