CVE-2003-0885

Medium

Description

Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the (1) apple2, (2) xanalogtv, and (3) pong screensavers, and allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.4
Exploit probability71. percentile1.3%
ProductXscreensaver
PublishedDec 31, 2003
First seenDec 31, 2003

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xscreensaver xscreensaver4.14—

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