{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1294","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-03T10:47:46.659910911Z","published":"2003-12-31T05:00:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2003-1294"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-1294"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xscreensaver","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xscreensaver?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.15-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1294.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xscreensaver","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xscreensaver?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.15-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1294.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xscreensaver","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xscreensaver?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.15-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1294.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}