rxvt up to 2.7.8 Windows Title privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in rxvt up to 2.7.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Windows Title Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0066. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in rxvt up to 2.7.8. This affects an unknown part of the component Windows Title Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 03/03/2003 by H D Moore (DiGiT) with Digital Defense (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0066. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13988 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dhcpcd (MDKSA-2003:003)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11414), Tenable (13988), SecurityFocus (BID 6953†), OSVDB (60456†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15114†). See VDB-20160, VDB-20161, VDB-20162 and VDB-20164 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 13988
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dhcpcd (MDKSA-2003:003)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/09/2003 🔍
02/24/2003 +46 days 🔍
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03/03/2003 +7 days 🔍
03/03/2003 +0 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +516 days 🔍
05/15/2007 +1018 days 🔍
08/07/2014 +2641 days 🔍
07/19/2019 +1807 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: H D Moore (DiGiT)
Organization: Digital Defense
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0066 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0066
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20163
X-Force: 11414
SecurityFocus: 6953 - RXVT Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 60456 - RXVT - Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence - Command Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 15114 - RXVT 2.7.8 and earlier Remote Arbitrary Command Execution, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 18:06
Updated: 07/19/2019 09:42
Changes: 08/07/2014 18:06 (66), 07/19/2019 09:42 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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