CVE-2003-1294
N/A
Published: February 28, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXscreensaver
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.ascx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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