CVE-2003-0885

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.

Scoring

CVSS base score
0.01
EPSS probability
0.36%
Published
2006-02-28
Last modified
2026-03-16

Affected products

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