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CVE-2003-1294
Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3)…
Low2.1EPSS 0.43%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10848 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20782 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0498 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1948 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20224 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 9125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20456 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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