CVE-2003-1294

Severity Score

2.1

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 2.1

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2003-12-31 CVE Published
2006-02-28 CVE Reserved
2023-07-23 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html	X_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/advisories/20224	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20226	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20456	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782	Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-1294	2006-05-23
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617125	2006-05-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.05_5cl Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.05_5cl"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.05_6 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.05_6"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.05_6a Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.05_6a"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.05_150 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.05_150"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.07_2 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.07_2"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.08_29135cl Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.08_29135cl"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.09_0 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.09_0"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.10_4 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.10_4"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.10_6 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.10_6"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.10_8 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.10_8"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.10_15 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.10_15"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.11_0 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.11_0"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.12_58 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.12_58"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.12_62 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.12_62"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.14_0 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.14_0"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.14_2 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.14_2"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.14_4 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.14_4"		-		Affected
Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver"		Xscreensaver Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver"				4.14_5 Search vendor "Xscreensaver" for product "Xscreensaver" and version "4.14_5"		-		Affected