Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0885
CVE-2003-0885
Description
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =4.14
Patches
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References
2- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
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