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CVE-2003-0885

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0885 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in Xscreensaver versions prior to 4.14, specifically affecting the apple2, xanalogtv, and pong screensavers. This flaw, stemming from debugging code, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial integrity and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xscreensaver:xscreensaver:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0885

CVE-2003-0885

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory