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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20224
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848
- http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20224
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 31, 2003
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified