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CVE-2003-0022

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2003-03-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Rxvt Rxvt

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References