{"id":"CVE-2003-1294","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2003-1294","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:23.169Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2003-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:03:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["xscreensaver/xscreensaver"],"epss":{"score":0.00426,"percentile":0.36633,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20224","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20226","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20456","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20782","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20224","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20226","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20456","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20782","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1294","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}