6.4med
CVE-2003-0885
Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecu…
Published 22 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.4
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 71%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the (1) apple2, (2) xanalogtv, and (3) pong screensavers, and allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=41253 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2003-0885
- NVD: CVE-2003-0885
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