CVE-2003-1090 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Celestial Software's AbsoluteTelnet versions prior to 2.12 RC10. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending an excessively long window title. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:celestial_software:absolutetelnet:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:celestial_software:absolutetelnet:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.