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.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory | 
| http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 | Vendor Advisory | 
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Information
                Published : 2003-12-31 05:00
Updated : 2008-09-05 20:35
NVD link : CVE-2003-0885
Mitre link : CVE-2003-0885
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2003-0885
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Products Affected
                xscreensaver
- xscreensaver
 
CWE
                