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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:25.311Z

Reserved: 2003-01-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0022

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-03-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:43:45.570

Link: CVE-2003-0022

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2003-02-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0022 - Bugzilla