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CVE-2016-3100

Date: July 13, 2016

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3100
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3100
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt
http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-3100
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-3100

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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