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CVE-2016-3100

kinit in KDE Frameworks before 5.23.0 uses weak permissions (644) for /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y, which allows local users to obtain X11 cookies of other users and consequently capture keystrokes and possibly gain privileges by reading the file.

Published

2016-07-13T15:59:02.420

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.4 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-200
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System opensuse leap 42.1 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 13.2 Yes
Application kde kde_frameworks ≤ 5.22.0 Yes
References