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CVE-2003-0023· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The menuBar feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to modify menu options and execute arbitrary commands via a certain character escape sequ

The menuBar feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to modify menu options and execute arbitrary commands via a certain character escape sequence that inserts the commands into the menu.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Mar 3, 2003
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 76th percentile
CWE
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Action score

21

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
rxvtrxvt

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • rxvt rxvt2.6.1
  • rxvt rxvt2.6.2
  • rxvt rxvt2.6.3
  • rxvt rxvt2.6.4
  • rxvt rxvt2.7.5
  • rxvt rxvt2.7.6
  • rxvt rxvt2.7.7
  • rxvt rxvt2.7.8

Same product

rxvt: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2003-0066The rxvt terminal emulator 2.7.8 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then in
    31Monitor
  • CVE-1999-1186rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2000-0476xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be re
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0022The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is ech
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2001-1077Buffer overflow in tt_printf function of rxvt 2.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -T or (2) -name argument.
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2008-1142rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connect
    14Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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