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CVE-2003-0063

The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it…

Impact

The xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.0 and earlier 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Xfree86 ProjectX11r6
Versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.3, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.1

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