ID CVE-2003-0885
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 6.4 (as of 05-09-2008 - 20:35)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
confirm
statements via4
contributor Mark J Cox
lastmodified 2006-08-30
organization Red Hat
statement This issue did not affect the versions of Xscreensaver as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Last major update 05-09-2008 - 20:35
Published 31-12-2003 - 05:00
Last modified 05-09-2008 - 20:35
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