GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/07/GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq/GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq
- Aliases
- Published
- 2023-07-14T21:58:43Z
- Modified
- 2024-02-09T00:34:39Z
- Severity
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- 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- SwiftTerm Code Injection vulnerability
- Details
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Impact
Attacker could modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
Credit
These bugs were found and disclosed by David Leadbeater dgl@dgl.cx (@dgl at Github.com)
Patches
Fixed in version ce596e0dc8cdb288bc7ed5c6a59011ee3a8dc171
Workarounds
There are no workarounds available
References
Similar exploits to this existed in the past, for terminal emulators:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0063 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2383
Additional background and information is also available:
https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
- References