Overview
gnome-terminal may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via crafted escape sequences.
Description
gnome-terminal affords users the ability to utilize an escape sequence to "export" the title of the current window title directly to the shell command line. By viewing a maliciously crafted file in gnome-terminal, a victim may unknowingly execute shell commands (provided by the attacker). This vulnerability was discovered by H D Moore of Digital Defense. H D has provided a paper on this topic (TERMINAL EMULATOR SECURITY ISSUES), and Red Hat has published RHSA-2003:053-10. Both of these documents provide more information about this vulnerability. |
Impact
A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable host. |
Solution
Apply a patch. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was discovered by H D Moore of Digital Defense. The CERT/CC thanks both H D Moore and Red Hat for providing information upon which this document is based.
This document was written by Ian A Finlay.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2003-0070 |
| Severity Metric: | 4.86 |
| Date Public: | 2003-02-24 |
| Date First Published: | 2003-02-27 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2003-02-27 17:57 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 6 |