2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | xscreensaver | < 4.15-1 | xscreensaver_4.15-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | xscreensaver | < 4.15-1 | xscreensaver_4.15-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | xscreensaver | < 4.15-1 | xscreensaver_4.15-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | xscreensaver | < 4.15-1 | xscreensaver_4.15-1_all.deb |