CVE-2003-1294

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm

http://secunia.com/advisories/20782

http://secunia.com/advisories/20456

http://secunia.com/advisories/20226

http://secunia.com/advisories/20224

http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3