CVE-2003-1294

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

xscreensaver: 4.05_5cl, 4.05_6, 4.05_6a, 4.05_150, 4.07_2, 4.08_29135cl (+12)

References

http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20224
http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968

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