Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2003· Updated Apr 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.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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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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