CVE-2003-0065 describes a vulnerability in the uxterm terminal emulator, specifically affecting the National University of Singapore's version. An attacker can manipulate the window title using a specially crafted character escape sequence. This malicious sequence can then be re-inserted into the user's command line, potentially leading to arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, allowing for potential partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no authentication required for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploit modules or proof-of-concept code available in common exploit databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_university_of_singapore:uxterm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_university_of_singapore:uxterm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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