Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0885 - Remote Security vulnerability in Xscreensaver 4.14
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Statements
| contributor | Mark J Cox |
| lastmodified | 2006-08-30 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | This issue did not affect the versions of Xscreensaver as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. |