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CVE-2003-1294

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_5cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.07_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.08_29135cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.09_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.11_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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