CVE-2003-0885

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    CVE-2003-0885

    Published: 31 Dec 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253, http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High