VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0070

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-03-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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