CVE-2003-0885

Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the (1)…

published February 28, 2006

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01331 · 70.7th percentile
Published
2006-02-28T01:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 FEB 01:00Z
    Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the (1)…
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