Vulnerability CVE-2003-1294
Published: 2003-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Xscreensaver -> Xscreensaver 

 References:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848
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