CVE-2003-0023 (GCVE-0-2003-0023)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:36
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-054.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6947 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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Date Public
2003-02-24 00:00
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      "initial_release_date": "2003-02-24T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "9",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "security flaw",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2003/cve-2003-0023.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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