Vulnerability Details : CVE-2003-0885
Potential exploit
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.
Products affected by CVE-2003-0885
- cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0885
0.36%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 55 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2003-0885
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.4
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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4.9
|
NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2003-0885
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Red Hat 2006-08-30This issue did not affect the versions of Xscreensaver as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
References for CVE-2003-0885
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http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
182286 – CVE-2003-1294 xscreensaver temporary file flawsVendor Advisory
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253
41253 – [security] xscreensaver 4.14 makes file in /tmp, symlink attackExploit;Patch;Vendor Advisory
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