CVE-2003-1294

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.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1294 is rated Low Risk (15.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1294

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 1.55% 0.04% -1.50%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.55% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1294

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1294

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-1294

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-1294 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xscreensaver), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-1294
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-1294

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1294

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.05_5cl cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_5cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.05_6 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.05_6a cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_6a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.05_150 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.05_150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.07_2 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.07_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.08_29135cl cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.08_29135cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.09_0 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.09_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.10_4 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.10_6 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.10_8 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.10_15 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.10_15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.11_0 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.11_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.12_58 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.12_62 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.12_62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.14_0 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.14_2 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.14_4 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xscreensaver xscreensaver 4.14_5 cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1294

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