Description
The rxvt terminal emulator 2.7.8 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.
References
- 200303-16 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2003:003 vendor-advisory
- 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues mailing-list
- RHSA-2003:054 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2003:055 vendor-advisory
- 6953 vdb-entry
- terminal-emulator-window-title(11414) vdb-entry
- 20030224 Terminal Emulator Security Issues mailing-list