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CVE-2003-0885

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.4 Published: 2003-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Xscreensaver Xscreensaver

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References