VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0885
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…
MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 1.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xscreensaver/xscreensaver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.