Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2003-1294 First vendor Publication 2003-12-31
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-20

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1294

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10848
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10848
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-1294
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 18

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
25743 XScreenSaver Multiple Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0498.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-05-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0498.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
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.ova...
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