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CVE-2003-1294

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2003-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected Platforms

Xscreensaver Xscreensaver

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References