CVE-2003-0885
Published Dec 31, 2003
Last updated 16 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.4
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Vendor comments
- Red HatThis issue did not affect the versions of Xscreensaver as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Configurations
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"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "17F03388-1B06-467B-BFA8-6CAE540A2F07"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]