CVE-2003-1294

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1294
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionXscreensaver 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.05_150 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.05_5cl All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.05_6 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.05_6a All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.07_2 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.08_29135cl All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.09_0 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.10_15 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.10_4 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.10_6 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.10_8 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.11_0 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.12_58 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.12_62 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14_0 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14_2 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14_4 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14_5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for xscreensaver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
182286 – CVE-2003-1294 xscreensaver temporary file flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Avaya Products XScreenSaver Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE LINUX 9.0 (i386) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
jwz - xscreensaver 4.15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jwz.livejournal.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
SuSE XScreenSaver Package Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ASA-2006-107 (RHSA-2006-0498) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
XScreenSaver Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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