CVE-2003-0063

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 1, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsX11R6XFREE86

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.3HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

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CWE
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