CVE-2015-8971 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in Terminology 0.7.0, affecting Debian Linux and Enlightenment Terminology. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating window titles with escape sequences, mirroring a previously identified issue. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation is local and low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:terminology:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.