Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-0070

RCE

Title: gnome-terminal VTE window title character escape sequence RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-0070.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Mar 03, 2003
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-0070: 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.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1
N
nalin_dahyabhai 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Mar/0010.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Mar/0010.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-053.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-0070 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.