CVE-2003-1294

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-05-14 EPSS 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