fkie_cve-2003-0885
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2003-12-31 05:00
Modified
2024-11-20 23:45
Severity ?
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
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| cve@mitre.org | http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253 | Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 | Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253 | Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 | Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| xscreensaver | xscreensaver | 4.14 |
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}
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"id": "CVE-2003-0885",
"lastModified": "2024-11-20T23:45:44.300",
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"accessVector": "NETWORK",
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"version": "2.0"
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