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usr1106 on May 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: `curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

If you have a vulnerable terminal emulator, yes. Well, the same holds for every web site you visit if you have a vulnerable browser.

usr1106 on May 15, 2022 [–]

Unless there were an escape sequence meaning "execute this". I am not aware such beast would exist.

progval on May 15, 2022 | [–]

It can happen by accident, eg. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/12

Archived version of the linked commit: https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/revision/b80bedc... (which removes the feature entirely)

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