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CVE-2003-0066

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0066 describes a vulnerability in rxvt terminal emulator versions 2.7.8 and earlier, where a malicious character escape sequence can modify the window title and then inject it back into the command line. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands if a user views a specially crafted file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0066Moderate

security flaw

Feb 24, 2003

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
iss.net / security_center/static/11414.php
Vendor Advisory
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-054.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-055.html
securityfocus.com / advisories/5137
securityfocus.com / bid/6953