CVE-2003-0069

The PuTTY terminal emulator 0.53 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.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html	Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php	Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/8347
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html	Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php	Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/8347

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2003-03-18 05:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2003-0069

Mitre link : CVE-2003-0069

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2003-0069

JSON object : View

Products Affected

putty

putty

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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