CVE-2003-1294
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)
02 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)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-02-28 01:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-02-28
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c193054e6ea3cf32e469bbca2f2679071e2ee9de42e1ad01c1baf5baa69bd474
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10848https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848
- secunia.com20782http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0498http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1948http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948
- secunia.com20224http://secunia.com/advisories/20224
- www.securityfocus.com9125http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125
- patches.sgi.com20060602-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
- secunia.com20456http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
- www.novell.comhttp://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html
- jwz.livejournal.comhttp://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html
- secunia.com20226http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xscreensaver Fixed in 4.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xscreensaver Fixed in 4.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xscreensaver Fixed in 4.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.