Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0077 - Unspecified vulnerability in Hanterm Hanterm-Xf
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The hanterm (hanterm-xf) terminal emulator 2.0.5 and earlier, and possibly later versions, 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Nessus
| NASL family | Red Hat Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | REDHAT-RHSA-2003-071.NASL |
| description | Updated Hangul Terminal packages fix two security issues. Hangul Terminal is a terminal emulator for the X Window System, based on Xterm. Hangul Terminal provides an escape sequence for reporting the current window title, which essentially takes the current title and places it directly on the command line. An attacker can craft an escape sequence that sets the window title of a victim using Hangul Terminal to an arbitrary command and then report it to the command line. Since it is not possible to embed a carriage return into the window title the attacker would then have to convince the victim to press Enter for it to process the title as a command, although the attacker could craft other escape sequences that might convince the victim to do so. It is possible to lock up Hangul Terminal before version 2.0.5 by sending an invalid DEC UDK escape sequence. Users are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain Hangul Terminal version 2.0.5 which is not vulnerable to these issues. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 12371 |
| published | 2004-07-06 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12371 |
| title | RHEL 2.1 : hanterm-xf (RHSA-2003:071) |
Redhat
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References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11414.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/4917
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-070.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-071.html