Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability in rxvt 2.7.8 via screen dump Feature

CVE-2003-0022 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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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