CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0022

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2003-03-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-03-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence.

Affected configurations

• rxvt rxvt 2.6.1 • rxvt rxvt 2.6.2 • rxvt rxvt 2.6.3 • rxvt rxvt 2.6.4 • rxvt rxvt 2.7.5 • rxvt rxvt 2.7.6 • rxvt rxvt 2.7.7 • rxvt rxvt 2.7.8

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences weakness

References