CVE-2003-0885
EPSS 0.36%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2003-0885
To remediate CVE-2003-0885, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xscreensaver—upgrade to 4.15 or later
Is CVE-2003-0885 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.15