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CVE-2003-1294 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc	CVE
http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20224	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20226	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20456	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948	CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc	[email protected]
http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20224	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20226	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20456	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948	[email protected]

see all 28 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xscreensaver xscreensaver	4.05_5cl 4.05_6 4.05_6a 4.05_150 4.07_2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_5cl:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6a:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_150:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.07_2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.08_29135cl:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.09_0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.11_0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_58:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_62:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

xscreensaver xscreensaver

4.05_5cl

4.05_6

4.05_6a

4.05_150

4.07_2

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_5cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.07_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.08_29135cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.09_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.11_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 1, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]