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CVE-2003-0022

First published: Mon Mar 03 2003(Updated: )

The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Rxvt Rxvt=2.7.5
Rxvt Rxvt=2.6.4
Rxvt Rxvt=2.7.8
Rxvt Rxvt=2.6.1
Rxvt Rxvt=2.7.6
Rxvt Rxvt=2.7.7
Rxvt Rxvt=2.6.2
Rxvt Rxvt=2.6.3

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