PT-2003-1347 · Aterm · Aterm

H D Moore · Published 2003-03-18 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0067

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions aterm terminal emulator version 0.42

Description The issue 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. This could happen when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, potentially allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Recommendations For aterm terminal emulator version 0.42, consider disabling the processing of certain character escape sequences as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to potentially malicious files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0067

Affected Products

Aterm

References · 4

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0067 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 · Note