CVE-2003-1294 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2003-1294

Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

xscreensaver

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Affected Software

xscreensaver
Vulnerable Versions:
4.05_5cl, 4.05_6, 4.05_6a, 4.05_150, 4.07_2, 4.08_29135cl, 4.09_0, 4.10_4, 4.10_6, 4.10_8, 4.10_15, 4.11_0, 4.12_58, 4.12_62, 4.14_0, 4.14_2, 4.14_4, 4.14_5

Timeline

Official Publish: February 28th, 2006
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.