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CVE-2003-0021: michael_jennings eterm

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0021
Published 01-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0021 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in michael_jennings eterm. EPSS estimates a 1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The "screen dump" feature in Eterm 0.9.1 and earlier 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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • eterm< 0.9.2-1
Michael_jennings1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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